* THREE hours of races is all that Gawlers welcome back to racing got.
The newly remade course was forced to put its come back on hold after a heavy down pour on track.
The meeting, the first to be held since the $13 million upgrade, started on a slow (7) track, which was downgraded to a heavy (8).
Stewards were approached by the jockeys who voiced their concerns about visibility and water pooling between the 1400m and 800m marks after race four.
A delegation of jockeys walked the track with stewards and the decision was then made to call the meeting off.
* APPRENTICE Ben Knobel has joined Caulfield's Mick Price on a three-month loan from Tony Noonan after the departure of Jason Maskiell.
* MELBOURNE Racing Club chairman Peter Young will depart with heir apparent Mike Symons likely to take over.
* The Scobie Breasly media is hotting up with ten jockeys still in contention to win it.
The medal could go to Glen Boss, Dwayne Dunn, Nick Hall, Steven King, Jason Maskiell, Luke Nolen, Damien Oliver, Michael Rodd, Chris Symons or Craig Williams.
Oliver, who won the inaugural Medal in 1996, holds the record as a six-time winner. Williams has won the past four. Steven King is the only other jockey among the 10 who has won the medal, in 1997
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