DROUGHT conditions have forced another regional race meeting to be relocated due to the state of the track.
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Armidale Jockey Club will miss out on it's October 26 meeting after it and Racing NSW agreed to shift the meeting to Gunnedah.
The club's last meeting was the St Albert's College Cup on September 14 and has since had to relocate its September 22 meeting to Moree and its October 10 meeting to Gunnedah.
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Gunnedah Jockey Club president Ken Edmunds said the club was happy to host the meeting.
"We certainly sympathise with the guys in Armidale, things are really tough at the moment," Edmunds said.
"However, our track is primed and ready to go, despite some recent wind that was so powerful it blew our starting stalls away.
"Luckily there was no damage there and we are keen for the meeting on October 26."
The meeting is set to coincide with one of the most popular on the racing calendar, Cox Plate Day.
"While it is disappointing for Armidale, we are counting ourselves pretty lucky because it is a Sky 2 meeting," Edmunds said.
"Our club doesn't usually get too many of them, so we are pretty lucky.
"It will be a six-race card and is already shaping up to be a big day of racing."
