ALBURY Racing Club chief Steve Hetherton remains hopeful that Racing NSW can grant the club an additional meeting within the next fortnight.
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Albury was unable to race on Monday due to poor air quality after last Friday's meeting was rescheduled because of the same reason.
Monday's meeting was officially abandoned robbing industry participants the chance of winning any valuable prizemoney.
The Southern District's has lost a spate of meetings including Gundagai on New Year's Day while Tumut had its first TAB meeting in 19 years transferred from Saturday to January 18.
Wangaratta was also set to race on Saturday, but had its meeting transferred to Echuca on Monday.
"We have already requested to Racing NSW if they would consider granting a replacement meeting for us next week," Hetherton said.
"They have to have a look at the racing calendar and ensure that if Albury race it doesn't have an adverse effect on any other club.
"The biggest factor is how long the smoke takes to clear.
"That is the biggest unknown and whether it will be one week, two weeks or longer - nobody really knows.
"I thought the smoke was bad on Sunday but it's worse again today.
"On Sunday I could see the 400m mark from my office but I can't today (Monday)."
Industry participants will be sweating on Wagga's meeting on Thursday going ahead.
The club received 186 nominations for the eight race card with the final fields declared on Tuesday.
The loss of the meeting and the chance to earn revenue on turnover is another blow to the Albury Racing Club still reeling for the abandonment of its cup meet in March.
Hetherton said several local trainers and jockeys would also be feeling the pinch without the opportunity to race for prizemoney.
"It's hard to put a figure on how much the club missed out on revenue because it's a bit hit and miss when it comes to turnover," he said.
"But it's certain we have lost a revenue opportunity.
"Trainers and jockeys are also impacted when you don't race.
"If you have three TAB meetings abandoned worth $22,000 a race and an average of seven races, that's about $150,000 prizemoney.
"Times that by three and it's almost $500,000 in prizemoney that participants have missed out on.
"So it soon adds up."
Former Border jockey Brodie Loy tweeted that he had missed out on 31 rides in the past week due to meetings being abandoned.
The smoke is also forcing trainers to miss vital trackwork with their gallopers.
It coincides with the lucrative Country Championships qualifier just over a month away at Albury on February 22.
