cancellation due to weather

Live racing at Aqueduct in Ozone Park, NY and Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Canada were cancelled Sunday due to high winds impacting much of the East Coast. Aqueduct abandoned racing following Race 2, while Woodbine cancelled after the day's third race. The National Weather Service forecast calls for sustained high winds and gusts in excess of 40 mph throughout the day. Aqueduct's GIII Pebbles Stakes, which will be run at 1 1/16-miles on the outer turf, and the Forever Together Stakes will be brought back on Sunday, Nov. 23. Entries...

Finger Lakes cancelled the entirety of its card due to adverse weather in the region on Tuesday. "Please be advised due to adverse weather conditions and out of an overabundance of caution, today's races have been cancelled. The entire card has been rescheduled to this Thursday, November 13th, with a 12:20p.m. first post," read a Finger Lakes Gaming post on X Tuesday afternoon.

Woodbine cancelled its live Sunday Thoroughbred racing card following the first race due to inclement weather, the track said in a press release on Sunday afternoon. The statement went on to say that the decision was made in the best interest of all participants and included consultation with the HBPA. Live racing is scheduled to resume Thursday, Nov. 13 at 5:30 p.m. ET. Woodbine Racetrack remained open for simulcasting.

Thursday's scheduled Jan. 9 live racing card at Aqueduct Racetrack has been cancelled due to high winds, according to a release from the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) Wednesday evening. The winds are anticipated to impact the New York City area throughout the day Thursday. Aqueduct will remain open Thursday for simulcasting, with live racing expected to resume on Friday with a first post of 12:40 p.m. ET.

With severe winter weather continuing to plague parts of the country and more on the way, Oaklawn Park has canceled racing for the entire upcoming weekend. Live racing was originally scheduled for Friday to Sunday, Jan. 10-12, but will now resume Friday, Jan. 17. The Hot Springs track has not yet announced a rescheduling of the races that were to be held this weekend. One black-type race--the $150,000 Pippin Stakes for fillies and mares, 4-year-olds and up, going 1 1/16 miles--was slated for Saturday, Jan. 11.

Turfway Park has moved its Wednesday, Jan. 8 racing card to Sunday, Jan. 12 with a 1:00 p.m. ET. first post, in response to a National Weather Service forecast predicting a significant winter storm followed by nighttime wind chills in the single digits, the track said in a press release Saturday. The card will not be redrawn and run in its entirety on Sunday. Officials will continue to monitor the weather forecast throughout the week and provide updates if necessary for any changes regarding Thursday through Saturday's cards. Click here...