The first Warialda Cup meeting in three years will be held on Saturday.
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The 2020 meeting was cancelled because of Covid, while last year's event was aborted after a freak downpour on the morning of the meeting.
The feature event on the five-race, non-TAB meeting is the $11,000 Warialda Cup (1400m).
The top weight is the Michelle Fleming-trained Manabar (Brooke Stower), who will carry 60.5kg.
"We've got a fantastic track and we've got a full race card," said Ellie Skinner, secretary of the Warialda Jockey Club.
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Skinner expects there to be "a great atmosphere" at the track on Saturday, with a crowd of up to 500.
The meeting was originally scheduled for April 2, Skinner said.
"But because of the uncertain weather conditions, both here and on the coast, it got postpone until tomorrow [Saturday]," she added.
"And so that's actually worked out quite well for us too, because it's not clashing with any local events: there's no shows on, there's no other races close by.
"So, hopefully, it will be a big day and won't have been impacted badly by the postponement."
Skinner is in her first year as the club's secretary. She said "everybody's really keen" about the meeting finally being staged.
"I'm hoping it will all come off well, but everyone's real positive," she said.
"We've just had our final working bee today [Friday], and I'm about to head back in [to the track].
"Everybody's getting last-minute things up, like sponsorship signs, and the bar's being stocked. One of our local cafe owners is running our canteen."
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