Oops...Routine maintenance drags on, so Geelong synthetic is switched to turf

Friday's  Geelong meeting has been moved from the turf track to the synthetic track. This meeting was expected to be the first on the new turf track, but heavy rain throughout Victoria in the past...

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.

Pro-Ride Racing Australia has won the contract to fix and maintain Geelong's synthetic track which was closed last month when stones were found in the surface.Pro-Ride was responsible for rectifyin...

Pro-Ride Racing Australia has won the contract to fix and maintain Geelong's synthetic track which was closed last month when stones were found in the surface.Pro-Ride was responsible for rectifyin...

Wednesday's Betfair Park Sandown meeting has been transferred to the Geelong Synthetic track. Stewards inspected the Sandown track on Tuesday afternoon before deciding the track was unsafe.

Several Victorian country race clubs have made submissions to have their courses ripped up and replaced with synthetic tracks following the success of the artificial surface at Geelong.Racing Victo...