All was in readiness for Cup Day and when only 2millimetres of rain fell race-club organisers were very confident racing would go ahead.

With many locals and visitors already on site $28,000 was raised in a huge Calcutta on Friday night at the Louth Hotel for the six horse field.

But on Saturday morning when Racing NSW stewards inspected the track they ''deemed the track unfit for racing".

Race club secretary Tegan Barton said her committee was taken aback by their swift decision as the weather was clearing and the breeze picking up.

''They said there was dew on the track after a light frost.

"We knew it would clear and pleaded with the stewards to delay the start of racing.

"Owners and trainers had come miles to be here and race fans were travelling from far away.

''Our committee had worked to get the meeting underway we are volunteers and this broke our hearts,'' she said.

The crowd was ready to race and made the most of their visit to Louth. [IMAGE: facebook]

The club has returned the Calcutta money and now faces a major financial loss.

''We don't know what that will be over the whole meeting but it's big," Ms Barton said.

The organisers are now considering their next steps.

The meeting was officially postponed but Tegan says it won't happen at Louth this year.

''We are too small to go through this again but next year will be even bigger."

Around 2000 people had made it Louth ahead of the race meeting and Tegan said the crowd still made the most of the day.

The committee ran the usual Fashion and Novelty events, with the addition of foot races that put the barriers to good use.

The Parkes Tractor Trekkers, who stopped over at Louth on their 1,000 kilometre journey from Bourke to Birdsville to raise funds and awareness for prostate cancer, staged a Fergie Tractor Challenge.

An auction was held in an effort to recoup some of the deficit faced by the club.

The Louth Cup was included in the 2025 auction.

"Thank you to those who donated items, included the NSW Metropolitan Jockeys with Jason Collett's silks, signed by a wedge of G1 jockeys as well as a fine art print of "Justify" by Renate du Plessis," Tegan said.

"We even auctioned off the Louth Cup!"

The TAB van and bookies remained on course throughout the day taking off-course bets and entertainment was provided by Duncan Ferguson and his guitar before the Ballz n All Band filled the dance floor later in the evening.