Ballarat will be one of nine Victorian harness tracks to continue operation as the industry takes drastic measures to keep racing through the COVID-19 crisis.
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In an announcement on Monday morning, Harness Racing Victoria revealed a new region-based calendar designed to limit travel for participants and to help slow the spread of the coronavirus.
The new racing model will see Victoria divided into six regions, with meetings conducted at nine tracks - Inner West (Melton and Ballarat), West (Terang and Stawell), East (Kilmore and Cranbourne), North West (Mildura), Central (Bendigo) and North East (Shepparton).
Every Victorian participant has been assigned a specific region in which they are allowed to compete. Here is the full list.
All previous calendar feature events will be cancelled with the new-look schedule to kick-off from Thursday.
"This model allows us to keep essential personnel and participants at race meetings. It also provides us the best opportunity to continue conducting race meetings," HRV CEO Dayle Brown said.
"The support we have received through regular and thorough consultation with our industry representative bodies during this challenging period has been really important and I thank them for that."
The revamped calendar (which is subject to change and additional meetings) is outlined below.