By Michael GuerinToday's iconic Auckland Cup meeting at Ellerslie has been cancelled because of the big wet, with the elite races to be run on Thursday. Auckland Racing Club bosses were left with little option after the relentless rain in the city from mid afternoon yesterday making the Ellerslie track unsafe to race on. "So we will hold the four major races set down for today, including the Auckland Cup, at a twilight meeting on Thursday night." That means all bets already placed on today's meeting will be refunded, with the races to be re-opened by the TAB once the fields for Thursday's meeting are determined. The ARC is still working through the details of the abandonment and the timetable for Thursday's new meeting.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 10, 2017 19:07 UTC