Wingatui's twilight meeting last night lasted just one race, but that was long enough for Michael Pitman to get his training groove back.
The meeting was called off after the rating 65 1200m when several riders reported their mounts had slipped during the running of the opening event.
Racing Integrity Unit stipendiary steward and meeting chairman Mark Davidson said two spots were brought to the attention of stewards.
''At the start point, several riders reported they slipped out of the gates,'' Davidson said.
''That can happen after a bit of rain, but the main concern was that two horses lost their footing between the 800m and 600m.
''We carried out a track inspection with three senior riders, a club rep and a trainers' rep and we found clear evidence of three slip marks.''
Davidson called a meeting with all jockeys and expressed his concerns to the meeting, along with a recommendation the meeting should be abandoned.
''My concern was that the track wasn't safe,'' he said.
''That's no reflection on the preparation of the track. They've done everything they could with the weather they've had.
''Having walked it earlier, I would have thought it was safe as houses, but it just shows you can never guarantee it.''
Heavy rain hit Dunedin in the middle of yesterday afternoon but missed Mosgiel and Wingatui, which received drizzle rather than a downpour. The drizzle sat on top of the track rather than working its way into it, contributing to the slips.
Meanwhile, Pitman was just happy to get another win on the board, after it appeared Drumregal might have got the bob of the head in to score for Wingatui trainer Terry Kennedy.
But to Pitman's delight, Keltic Kitty's run was perfectly timed by apprentice jockey Amanda Morgan to win by a nose.
Pitman has plenty of time for the 4yr-old One Cool Cat mare, who was having her sixth start yesterday, but his confidence disappeared as he travelled south from his Yaldhurst base yesterday and encountered the rain.
He recalled the mare's first start as a 3yr-old at Wingatui in September last year, when he had her all set for a good track.
''Early in the season, they ran an 880m maiden, and I thought she was a special - we came down here to a wet track and Glade won it. She just doesn't like it wet.
''I had no doubt it was the best horse in the race, but it needed it rock hard.''
Pitman has a big race in mind already for Keltic Kitty.
''She could be a Stewards' Stakes horse in 12 months.''
