Canceled races to be made up

Kentucky Downs will add three races to each of its last two programs Sept. 16 and 19 to make up for some of the races lost Thursday to yet another cancellation at the turf-only track in south-central Kentucky. Each of those cards will feature 13 races, and first post will be 12:05 p.m. Central, 90 minutes earlier than usual.

Two races were run Thursday before jockeys said they could no longer ride because of unsafe course conditions caused by heavy overnight rain. The eight remaining races, including two divisions of the $150,000 One Dreamer Stakes, were canceled. The One Dreamer is being made up Sept. 19.

This was the third time in the last four years that Kentucky Downs has been forced to cancel all or part of a program. Since racing was revived in 1995, cancellations have been relatively frequent, owing to the undulating nature of the European-style course.