The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) has canceled live racing at Aqueduct Racetrack on Friday due to high winds forecast to impact the New York City metropolitan area, the organization said in a release that same morning.
The National Weather Service has placed Southern Queens under a wind advisory beginning at 12 p.m. ET, with current forecasts calling for sustained high winds and gusts in excess of 45 mph.
Two Listed $150,000 stakes originally scheduled for Friday–the Tempted and the Pumpkin Pie–have been rescheduled. The Tempted will now be run on Thursday, Nov. 6 with entries taken, Oct. 31. The Pumpkin Pie will be run on Saturday, Nov. 8 with entries taken on Sunday, Nov. 2.
Aqueduct will remain open for simulcasting from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. ET.
Live racing was also canceled on Thursday, Oct. 30 due to a powerful storm that generated extremely high winds and rainfall of more than 2.5″.
The Belmont at the Big A fall meet will resume Saturday.
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