Saturday’s Rosehill race meeting will now be held on Sunday after Racing NSW moved to avoid anticipated extreme heat across Sydney, with temperatures set to surge past 40 degrees.

Racing NSW stewards had tracked forecasts closely all week and, with no relief in sight, chief steward Tom Moxon confirmed the rescheduling on Tuesday morning.

“We have reviewed that forecast again this morning and unfortunately, there hasn’t been much of a variation to those forecasts,” Moxon said on Sky Sports Radio.

“The decision has been made this morning to transfer the meeting to Sunday, still at Rosehill Gardens where the forecast is for more favourable conditions with temperatures around the mid to high 20s.”

The 10-race program will take acceptances on Wednesday as originally planned, with race times to be adjusted so they don’t clash with the already scheduled Hawkesbury meeting on Sunday.

“We’re mindful we already have a Hawkesbury meeting scheduled for Sunday also, so we will have to organise times for Rosehill around that Hawkesbury meeting,” Moxon said.

Despite similarly hot conditions expected on Friday, the Randwick Kensington twilight meeting will proceed given its cooler timeslot. Racing NSW will also continue to check conditions ahead of Friday’s Mudgee meeting.

Punters can track markets and odds for the rescheduled Rosehill meeting through Australia’s best betting sites.