A Harness Racing NSW (HRNSW) race meeting set for Junee last Friday was abandoned as the state organisation grapples with the coronavirus outbreak.
Junee Harness Racing Club was set to conduct an eight-race TAB meeting but a previous suspension of harness racing in the state was extended a further day, causing the meeting to be cancelled.
HRNSW suspended all racing in the state last Tuesday after it was established that persons in attendance of a meeting at Penrith the week prior had been in contact with someone with coronavirus.
HRNSW were then forced to await the COVID-19 test results of a steward before they were able to make the decision to lift the suspension across the state.
"HRNSW advises that the results of a COVID-19 test taken from a HRNSW steward have still not been received," read a HRNSW statement released late last Thursday.
"Consequently, HRNSW has determined that the race meetings scheduled for Friday 27 March 2020 will be abandoned.
"Nominations are still being taken for other scheduled race meetings and race fields will be drawn up as usual.
"HRNSW will provide a further update once the results of the test are known."
On Friday morning, HRNSW announced the steward had received a negative test result and had been cleared for coronavirus.
However it was too late for the Junee meeting, with races resuming across the state on Saturday, March 28.
By Matt Malone