Bolton said the club won't be fighting the closure, if it comes, but they won't rule out fighting a change in legislation if the racing board tries to get their hands on the Woodville course.
"The Woodville racecourse is owned by members of the club and we are debt free and making a profit, unlike a lot of clubs which are going to be left open," he said.
Of the 48 thoroughbred tracks which currently hold race meetings, Messara is recommending the closure of 20, with their land being sold and the proceeds going towards bringing the remaining 28 courses to an acceptable standard.
Messara, who described the industry as in a "deeply distressed state" recommended the closures begin from the 2019-2020 season, which starts next August, and take place over five years.
He also suggested a six-year programme of improving the remaining 28 tracks to bring them up to an acceptable standard.
The Ōtaki-Māori Racing Club, Tauherenikau, Awapuni, Hastings and Trentham would all be retained, with plans to improve their infrastructure in the coming years, with a synthetic, all-weather track for Awapuni.
"Leaving Ōtaki open is just crazy," Bolton said.
The Woodville-Pahiatua Racing Club has a long and proud history, from 1882 until the present time, with the Woodville course first used in 1888, continuing to have a reputation has one of the best provincial race courses in New Zealand.
Racing Club secretary Paula McCool lives across the road from the Woodville course and in 2015 she published an indepth history of the Woodville-Pahiatua Racing Club and the town - Staying Power.
And current club president Andrew Bolton has links to the early days of the club - great grandfather Sam Bolton was president from 1900 until 1933.
"Sam Bolton devoted his life to the club and his vision led the club through World War I, the flu epidemic and the 1930 slump and the Depression," McCool said. "A lot of other clubs folded then, but Woodville kept on going, it had staying power."
With pressure currently on housing in Woodville and accommodation needed for construction workers on the new road to replace the Manawatu Gorge, there has been a suggestion the Woodville Racecourse would be ideal for transportable housing.
However, Bolton said if the Messara's recommendations are adopted and the Racing Board tries to take the Woodville track, court cases could slow things down.
Messara recommended Woodville's freehold land be sold once Awapuni Racecourse in Palmerston North had its new synthetic, all-weather track running - expected to be 2021/2022.
"It's far too early at this stage and we don't know if they are going to go through with his recommendations," Bolton said.
"There are a lot of ideas being thrown around for the Woodville track, but things won't happen quickly, because they'll need us to run races while Awapuni gets its synthetic track."
Racing Minister Winston Peters said when releasing the report last week, that the industry would die if change did not occur.
However, on a visit to the Woodville Racecourse in April 2016, Peters told the Dannevirke News, "There's no future for racing in New Zealand without country clubs such as the Woodville-Pahiatua Racing Club. There's no future without clubs such as this because the racing fan base is built up province by province".
Peters said at the time, the $1.8 billion industry was suffering from a lack of Government support.
"Sadly too many politicians only see the glamour side of race day, if they got up at 4am with a shovel they'd know the real racing industry," he said.
