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Rain strikes...Ballarat switched to Geelong Synthetic on Thursday

Thursday's Ballarat meeting has been transferred to the Geelong Synthetic track. Heavy rain throughout Victoria over 24 hours, much of it in the Ballarat area, made the track unsafe for racing.

Thursday's Ballarat meeting has been transferred to the Geelong Synthetic track. Heavy rain throughout Victoria over 24 hours, much of it in the Ballarat area, made the track unsafe for racing.

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