Extreme Heat Further North
Along with one Glimmerglass opera, an afternoon in Cooperstown, and UD's birthday dinner at Woodstock's Bear Cafe, we like to take in Saratoga Springs when we're at our house in New York. We're driving there in a few days. But it sounds as though it's just as hellish upstate as it is down here in 'thesda:
Racing at Saratoga Race Course is canceled today because of extreme heat, according to William Nader, New York Racing Association senior vice president. The decision to cancel the nine-race program was made in a morning meeting with trainers, jockeys, the track veterinarian, stewards, track superintendent and senior management this morning.
"The consensus in the room was to take the ultimate precaution and cancel the entire card for the safety of all participants,'' Nader said in a press release.
He said racing is scheduled to resume Thursday, and Friday's card will be expanded to 10 races.
There is no simulcasting today at Saratoga.
This is the first time that an entire card has been canceled at Saratoga in modern times, according to a track spokesman.
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