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Racing will resume at Victoria's popular picnic venue Healesville on March 2 following the successful conduct of jump-outs at the track last week.

Healesville will hold two picnic meetings this season including the Healesville’s Cup on Saturday April 6.

RV stewards and the Victorian Jockeys Association gave the racing surface their tick of approval following jump-outs last Thursday as part of Healesville Amateur Racing Club’s return to racing program.

Persistent flooding saw the abandonment of a number of meetings at Healesville in recent years and delayed the start of the club’s picnic season.

Repairs to the racing surface, including reconstruction of a flood-affected section of the back straight commenced last autumn but were delayed as a result of inclement weather through the winter.

"The project has produced a safer race track for horses and riders and makes the track much less prone to flood events,” said RV general manager of racing Greg Carpenter.

“The stewards and riders were of the opinion the track is safe."

Racing Victoria has announced four race meeting amendments occurring between Horsham and Ararat and from Ballarat to Cranbourne and Werribee.

In consultation with Horsham and District Racing Club and Ararat Turf Club, meetings will be swapped from Horsham to Ararat on Sunday, 17 March and from Ararat to Horsham on Monday, 13 May.

The race amendments come at the request of Horsham owing to a shortage of water at the track.

Ballarat Turf Club will transfer two of its July meetings to Cranbourne Turf Club (Thursday, 4 July) and Werribee Racing Club (Wednesday, 17 July).

RV has made this decision in consultation with Ballarat to reduce the volume of meetings during the winter period and ensure the track is at its optimum for the Turf Club’s feature meetings during the Spring Racing Carnival.