Tomorrow’s Cranbourne race trials have been abandoned due to the lack of entries.

The trials that were scheduled on the synthetic track are proving unpopular with trainers, they don’t want to use it, preferring to trial on the grass track.

Several trainers believe the track is too hard and not maintained properly, no one seems to be accountable for what is a major problem.

If this situation continues racing will have a white elephant on its hands, and a costly one at that.

Werribee should never have raced on Wednesday, according to an experienced track walker who checked the track out the day previously.

Yet the meeting went ahead at a price of two horses having to be put down, and a young jockey, having his first ride in a race, spending time in hospital.

Surely we cannot continue to tolerate these sorts of incidents; someone has to be held responsible.