Claremore tornado

Thoroughbred racing at Cherokee Casino Will Rogers Downs in Claremore, Oklahoma is set to open for its spring season after a tornado hit the track after last year's meet concluded, according to a press release from the organization on Wednesday. Will Rogers's barns were heavily damaged during the storm. New structures were completed back in January and the track reports that they are already at capacity for the season. "It's incredible to see the resiliency of this property and the hard work put in by the staff to build it...

Will Rogers Downs was hit by a tornado that tore through Claremore, Oklahoma Saturday night. The tornado, which caused heavy damage to homes and businesses in the area, was an EF-2, according to initial surveys by the National Weather Service. The Enhanced Fujita Wind Scale rates tornados from zero to five, with five being the strongest. "The property was in the path of the tornado," Travis Noland, a spokesman for Will Rogers Downs, told Daily Racing Form Sunday. "At the property itself, there is some pretty significant damage, but we're...