Scone will host a transferred-race meeting on Saturday after ongoing wet weather saw the original program washed out at Kembla Grange.
The Upper Hunter track, rated a soft six, became the alternate venue with the Illawarra course deemed unsuitable for racing.
"Kembla Grange has been deemed unsuitable for racing after receiving 37 millimetres of rain over the past 24 hours and 111mls during the week with further forecasts for more rain," Racing NSW released in a statement on Thursday.
"The only distance amendments are the original 1500 metre races to now be conducted over 1600m."
Newcastle trainers Jason Deamer, Kris Lees and Dale Wagstaff each have runners entered in the Coolmore Provincial Class 1 Handicap (1200m).
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