The Canterbury Jockey Club meeting scheduled for Riccarton on Saturday week is to go ahead after engineers gave the racecourse the all-clear yesterday.
Grandstands were also cleared for use yesterday after earlier inspections confirmed various training tracks and the course proper were undamaged.
The stable complexes and Riccarton Park Function Centre have also been cleared for normal use.
There has been water damage to the public grandstand and some 130 windows were broken in various buildings. Crockery and glassware were also broken.
• The dual-code meeting at Winton tomorrow week has been changed to a harness meeting only.
There is a drainage problem with the Winton galloping track after heavy rain on Monday made the surface too risky to race on.
The Winton Harness Racing Club will go ahead with a 10-race programme at Winton, president Murray Swain said.
It was to have raced with the Winton Jockey Club, which was to stage eight races.
Gallop South Southland manager Doug Stewart said from Kaikoura last night he had expected to hear from the New Zealand Racing Board yesterday as to an alternative venue for the thoroughbred meeting.
"I have not heard back from Thoroughbred Racing today so I am hoping they will have made a decision by tomorrow."
"The board are considering four options for the galloping meeting - at Gore next Wednesday, Thursday or Sunday or a dual-code meeting at Gore next Friday.
