The public still got behind the annual Kurrajong Waratah charity raceday despite the difficult decision to call off the ‘races’ on Saturday morning.

The six-race card was postponed due to the wet weather and state of the track, but organisers pushed ahead with a ‘phantom meeting’.

It did not keep the crowd away with about 2300 people still turning out at MTC.

“The whole spirit of the charity day shone through, even though the weather wasn’t kind to us,” MTC chief executive Scott Sanbrook said.

After 16 millimetres of rain on Thursday, the meeting was transferred from the inside ‘Riverside’ track to the course proper, which was rated a heavy nine on Friday.

The tipping point came early on Saturday morning when the track received a further 18 millimetres of rain, between 2am and 8am.

The rain added to the fact there had been five race meetings on the track in the past five weeks made it unsafe to race.

“There wasn’t a lot in it, and it wasn’t an easy decision to make,” Sanbrook said.

“The main concern was the home straight, where there had been a lot of wear and tear on the track over the previous six weeks.”

The Sky Two race meeting has officially been described as ‘postponed’ but is unlikely to be rescheduled.

There is a Sky Two race meeting at Albury next Saturday, while Wagga race again on Tuesday week with a full TAB meeting.