Gloucester Park Update
Following Friday night’s interrupted race meeting at Gloucester Park, Racing and Wagering Western Australia’s (RWWA) General Manager Racing Charlotte Mills issues the below statement:
Due to a Transformer fault on the premises of Gloucester Park, a power outage caused significant disruption to Friday night’s Group 1 Mares Classic and RWWA Cup meeting.
Races 8 to 11 were abandoned due to a power fault throughout the Gloucester Park venue.
The Transformer is owned, operated and maintained by Western Power.
Western Power are continuing to work on remedying the Transformer fault as a priority in order to restore full power supply to Gloucester Park.
Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) is not launching an urgent investigation, nor are we asking questions of Gloucester Park management.
RWWA is fully cognisant of Friday’s power outage being a third-party concern, which is of great frustration to all stakeholders.
Both RWWA and Gloucester Park are extremely disappointed to lose any races on the card, particularly in the midst of our Feature race period.
Based on Western Power’s advice in the coming 24hrs we will advise industry as to the status of Tuesday’s scheduled meeting at Gloucester Park.