Turfway Park in Florence, Kentucky and Hawthorne Race Course outside Chicago have canceled their Friday night programs due to freezing temperatures, the tracks announced Wednesday.
Northern Kentucky is expected to experience a wind chill as low as 25 below zero. The National Weather Service forecast for Friday in Florence calls for a 20% chance of snow showers and a high of 6 degrees. The breezy conditions could lead to wind chills ranging from 10-25 below zero.
Turfway Park is scheduled to resume racing Wednesday with a first post of 5:55 p.m. (all times Eastern) The Holiday Meet is scheduled to run through Saturday, Dec. 31 and the Winter/Spring Meet will begin with a special New Year's Day card on Sunday, Jan. 1. Director of Racing Tyler Picklesimer will add and re-draw, the races from Friday's card to racing next week.
Hawthorne's cancelled races will be added to both cards Dec. 30 and 31, as the track closes out its Meet.
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