Oaklawn cancels Friday card; pushes back Saturday first post

Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., has canceled Friday’s card due to freezing temperatures, according to a text notice from the racing department. There also will be no training on Friday.

Oaklawn also announced through a text notice that first post for Saturday’s card will be moved a half-hour later to 1 p.m. Central. The track hopes to resume training at 10 a.m. on Saturday.

Oaklawn expects both training and racing to return to normal hours on Sunday.

The track delayed training hours twice on Thursday.

Temperatures overnight Thursday in Hot Springs are forecast for 19 degrees, according to AccuWeather. The high for Friday is 38 degrees, while temperatures overnight were to again drop to 19. The forecast for Sunday is a high of 44 degrees.

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Oaklawn has one stakes this weekend, the $150,000 American Beauty for fillies and mares on Saturday.