Racing Integrity Unit stewards, jockeys and the Judicial Control Authority were unanimous in their agreement to abandon the meeting after Tedesco slipped badly with 300m to go in the first, and only, race on Saturday.
Otago Racing Club chief executive Andre Klein said misty rain had been the main culprit after the club had to deal with a very dry January.
''It's always difficult managing grass and racetracks when you've endured this kind of weather,'' Klein said.
''We've had the driest January in certainly the last 15 years. And then to cop this foggy rain on top of a surface which we've done everything to get water into with irrigation.''
I certainly would be reluctant to say it's anyone's fault _ it's just one of those things.''
The club worked in with the TAB and other service providers and confirmed a new date for the meeting by 4pm on Saturday.
The meeting, complete with all three features that were to be run on Saturday, will start shortly after 12pm on Friday.
This means the meeting will be just eight days before the feature meeting at Ascot Park on February 14.
Racing Integrity Unit co chief stipendiary steward Nigel McIntyre interviewed all riders in the opening race, won by the Les Didham trained Ash.
''Following the race, on weigh in, several riders expressed their concerns about an area from the 700m to the 300m mark,'' McIntyre said.
''We've had a delegation of senior riders out on the track and we've walked it from the 1400m to the 300m mark. From the 700m to the point of the turn, there are several slip marks sideways.
''Of more concern is that when a horse has shifted out _ not abruptly _ it has lost its footing in a straight line.''
McIntyre said the feedback from jockeys was that the track felt false.
''Some riders were fine, but the common thread from a number of them was that it was false.''
The debate over whether clubs should irrigate tracks is a contentious one, with trainers often divided on the matter.
''I'm a big believer that you definitely have to irrigate,'' Klein said.
''I can understand trainers' concerns and holding different opinions but that's horse racing _ it's an industry full of opinions.
''If we hadn't irrigated, you would have had a bright yellow track and with that drizzle, it just would have been a skating rink.
''The plan all along has been to get as much water into it as we can and we have done that.''
