{"id":406148,"date":"2025-09-07T20:55:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T20:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/406148\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T20:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T20:55:11","slug":"petition-to-allow-appeals-for-cancelled-race-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/406148\/","title":{"rendered":"Petition to allow appeals for cancelled race days"},"content":{"rendered":"

Country races are very different to big city events, says Barwon MP Roy Butler, and they are far more central to the social, cultural and economic life of regional towns.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s been a string of last-minute and disputed cancellations for smaller race meetings in recent years and, after a controversial decision to pull the plug on Louth, Mr Butler has launched a petition.<\/p>\n

It calls on the NSW Government to intervene with Racing NSW to allow country race clubs to appeal race cancellations.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome bush racing clubs – and often the entire . . .<\/p>\n

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