Racing:Newbury's abandoned meeting on Saturday is set to be rescheduled for this Friday. The jumps fixture, featuring the totesport Trophy, was called off following just one race after two horses died in the parade ring.
Fenix Two and Marching Song were about to be mounted by their jockeys on the grass on the far side of the paddock before the first race when they fell to the ground and died.
Speculation has been rife since the horrific events the horses may have suffered from some form of electric shock.
However, officials at the Berkshire venue are confident the course is now fit for racing.
Stephen Higgins, joint managing director of Newbury, said: "It has been a difficult week so far for all involved with Saturday's traumatic events.
"Having received confirmation from Southern Electric Power Distribution that the paddock site is safe for both horses and people, we are confident that racing should resume.
"We have been in talks with the BHA and our sponsors the Tote and AON, with regard to rescheduling the remaining races from Saturday's card and it is our intention for them to take place on Friday, February 18.
"Restaging the fixture is an expensive, but necessary exercise and we are very grateful to the BHA and the title sponsors, the Tote, AON, as well as the Horsemen and The Levy Board with whom we have worked closely and our racegoers who have been enormously supportive."
The British Horseracing Authority have authorised the rescheduling pending receipt of written confirmation from Newbury Racecourse that there are no outstanding issues and the satisfactory review of the post-mortem and samples taken from the affected horses.
The results of the post-mortem were expected to have been revealed today, but have since been delayed.
The seven remaining races from Saturday's card are due to take place, with racing set to commence at 12.10pm.
Two other horses on Saturday, the Nicky Henderson-trained Kid Cassidy and The Merry Giant, were also affected in the incident at the weekend, but have since recovered.
Henderson said: "Following Saturday's extraordinary event at Newbury, firstly our condolences go out to the connections of Marching Song and Fenix Two, secondly I am pleased to report our vet checked Kid Cassidy on Saturday evening and all is fine with him.
"No-one would ever wish to see a repeat of last Saturday's tragic events. Equine along with human safety is foremost in everyone's mind who is involved with horseracing.
"I feel it's important that racing at the course should resume and I whole-heartedly support Newbury's and the BHA's decision to restage the remaining races of last Saturday's fixture and we will be sending our intended runners from our stable to the course."
Champion jumps trainer Paul Nicholls welcomed the news, adding: "Last Saturday's unprecedented event in the parade ring at Newbury on Saturday was very tragic and our team wishes to extend its thoughts to connections of those horses affected.
"We support 100% the decision to race on Friday at Newbury racecourse and we will be sending our runners to this fixture."
However, trainer William Muir claims one of his horses showed similar traits of anguish in the same area of the paddock before a race at Newbury in September.
The Hungerford handler said that Island Sunset was withdrawn before the Dubai Duty Free Stakes on September 18 after becoming upset in the parade ring.
Muir said: "I rung Newbury this morning just to say that when she was due to race, that for some unapparent reason she started to throw herself around.
"She didn't touch the grass - she was on the rubber matting.
"I just wanted Newbury to know that it happened, and they said they were going to look into all possibilities. This might be coincidence because horses have got upset on any racecourse at times. But she's been a filly who was very relaxed after every race, before and after.
"She hasn't done anything like it before or again - it was totally out of character and it only got my attention because it was in the same area where those horses got upset on Saturday."