Flemington Meeting Scheduled To Go Ahead

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The meeting at is scheduled to go ahead after racing officials received a positive update regarding the smoke haze and air quality levels in .

Three race meetings in the state were abandoned earlier this week, on and Yarra Valley and on Wednesday, because of smoke haze and a forecast for hazardous air quality as a result of bushfires affecting parts of Victoria and NSW.

Smoke haze had again been predicted for Melbourne on Saturday, putting the Flemington meeting in doubt.

Following the release on Friday of an improved forecast, officials said the meeting would proceed.

Saturday's other Victorian programs at Camperdown and Woolamai have also been given the all-clear.

The Flemington meeting is in a twilight timeslot with the first event scheduled for 3.10pm (AEDT) and the last of the nine races at 8pm.

The feature race is the Listed Kensington Stakes (1000m) for which is the current favourite in the field of six.

Like last weekend's day at Flemington, all gate takings from the meeting will be donated to the Bushfire Disaster Appeal.

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