Top rating jumper Zed Em will attempt to set a modern day weight carrying record in Thursday’s $350,000 Grand Annual Steeplechase at Warrnambool.

The impact of grass-eating insects at the Warrnambool racecourse has forced a scheduled meeting at the track to be transferred.

Trainers will have to indicate how many licences they need to continue training their horses on a Warrnambool beach during summer.

Warrnambool trainers are still to learn the full impact of new measures in place restricting the use of local beaches.

Warrnambool trainers have been granted a reprieve and are allowed to train on the beaches, but under restricted conditions.