Laurel cancels training and racing through the weekend due to broken water pipe under main track

Laurel Park has canceled training and racing through the weekend as repairs continue on a broken water pipe under the main track in the vicinity of the second finish line near the clubhouse turn.

The Saturday and Sunday cancellations are the third and fourth since the water pipe broke. The Thursday and Friday cards and Friday's Stronach 5 had previously been called off. Laurel Park was scheduled to host the first and last leg of the weekly multi-track wager.

As of Friday morning, an excavator had dug a large rectangular hole deep into the main track near the second finish line. Extensive repairs will need to be made to the racing surface before training can resume. Laurel's next scheduled live race card is Thursday, Oct. 31.

Laurel remains open for simulcasting. The Stronach 5 will return next Friday.