RACEDAY UPDATES: Manikato moved to Cox Plate card ... A WILD electric storm on Friday forced Racing Victoria (RV) stewards to abandon the Group 1 Manikato Stakes ...
OFFICIAL UPDATE: The 2022 Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes will now be run tomorrow on Ladbrokes Cox Plate Day. run the Manikato tomorrow … Early Quaddie punters will be taking aim on races 4,5,6 and 7 while the Big 6 is on races 6,7,8,9,10 and 11. We're just doing some work around that at the moment. "Obviously it's bad news for the club … Despite the Friday night deluge the track was rated a soft (6) at final scratchings time of 7.30am Saturday.
The group 1 Manikato Stakes will be run after the last at Saturday's Cox Plate meeting after lightning caused havoc at Moonee Valley on Friday night.
We confirmed it with the weather bureau. “It’s not fair on the riders, it’s not fair on the horses, the animals, so the safest thing was to abandon the race meeting, unfortunately for the club and for the punters and stables,” he said. We tried to get the Manikato out of the way.
After the Moonee Valley meeting was abandoned on Friday night, the Group 1 Manikato Stakes has been transferred to Cox Plate Day.
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A massive storm has derailed the final races of Friday night's Group 1 Manikato Stakes card at The Valley with the feature sprint now set to be run during ...
run the Manikato tomorrow ... We're just doing some work around that at the moment. "Obviously it's bad news for the club ... [Smokin' Romans](https://www.punters.com.au/horses/smokin-romans_758664/)in the [Melbourne Cup](//www.punters.com.au/melbourne-cup/). That's our intention ... All Tote bets will be refunded.— TAB (@tabcomau) "It's not fair on the riders, not fair on the horses, not fair on the animals, the safest bet is to abandon the race meeting." [Jamie Kah](https://www.punters.com.au/jockeys/jamie-kah_3421/)will miss next Saturday's Derby Day meeting at [Flemington](//www.punters.com.au/tracks/flemington_45/)to ride either I Wish I Win or [Chain Of Lightning](https://www.punters.com.au/horses/chain-of-lightning_877420/)for [Peter Moody](https://www.punters.com.au/trainers/peter-moody_237/)in the $10m Golden Eagle in Sydney. The Manikato Stakes will now be run as part of an 11-race card on Cox Plate Day. "We have had to abandon the race meeting at 9.45pm, now we're going to try and do some work around whether we can run the Manikato tomorrow (Saturday), so perhaps race 11 tomorrow. we abandoned race 6, trying to get the Manikato out of the way, we thought we had a patch of clear air, we confirmed it with the weather bureau, obviously we got the riders on the horses and lightning strike again," Montgomery told Racing.com. [Cox Plate](//www.punters.com.au/races/cox-plate/) card at The Valley.
At 9:45pm AEDT, Racing Victoria Stewards made the decision to postpone the Group 1 Manikato Stakes Night post weighing out of race five at Moonee Valley.
Racing Victoria made the quick decision to add the race to Saturday’s The thunder was significant enough to cause the coverage on Racing.com to lag, with the broadcast team referring to the thunder as the loudest clap they have ever heard. With continuous storm activity on the weather radar, Racing Victoria stewards in conjunction with the Moonee Valley Racing Club made the decision to abandon race 6, so there was a chance the