Wind gusts forced the major NSW thoroughbred meeting on Tuesday to be called off after three races.

Newcastle racing officials stopped the provincial fixture at the Broadmeadow racetrack as high winds created safety issues for jockeys and horses.

A delegation of concerned senior jockeys led by Kerrin McEvoy and Tye Angland first approached stewards after the second race.

They agreed to ride in the following event before the jockeys' room unanimously voted for the meeting to be cancelled.

Damaging winds of 65km/h to 80km/h were forecast for the Hunter Valley but gusts were expected to reach speeds of 110km/h, giving officials no alternative but to stop racing.

"After forecasts for wind gusts increasing throughout the afternoon it was unsafe to continue," Racing NSW stewards Ray Livingstone said.

"With wind it is incredibly difficult to get a gauge on just how badly it affects racing.

"But when you have jockeys like James McDonald and Kerrin McEvoy saying it's not right to go you've got to take notice.

"And out of all the elements, horses don't like the wind the most because they have sensitive ears."

It is the second time during the racing season a NSW race meeting has been called off because of high winds.

Goulburn lost a meeting in October after just one race.

In spite of the difficult conditions, two favourites and one well-supported second elect scored at the meeting.

And it was impossible to go past Oriental Lady as a horse to follow from the three races after she posted a 7-1/2 length win in a 2300-metre staying race.

A Group Two placegetter in Germany and rated good enough to run in the German Oaks, Oriental Lady was having her third Australian start for Newcastle trainer Kris Lees and a group of owners including Australian cricketer David Warner.