Zia Park to resume racing Wednesday

Zia Park in Hobbs, N.M., will resume racing Wednesday after a statewide lockdown due to the coronavirus had grounded racing for two weeks, the track announced.

Zia will additionally race Thursday this week in a makeup date for an earlier card lost to inclement weather. From there, the track will race on a Monday-through-Wednesday schedule through Dec. 23.

First post is 12 p.m. Mountain. Entries for the cards have been drawn.

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Zia plans to keep its stable area open through Dec. 31. It is the lone track currently racing in New Mexico.

Earlier this month, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham had called for nonessential businesses, including horse racing, to cease all in-person operations through at least Nov. 30.