LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Five new names are in the lineup for the fourth pool in the 2020 Kentucky Derby Future Wager, which opens Friday at noon Eastern for the customary three-day run.
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Grants Pass Downs in Oregon has canceled its upcoming meet due to coronavirus, the second that would have taken place under new management, according to a release distributed by the track on Thursday.
The meet was scheduled to begin this year on May 10, and the stable area was expected to open for training in April. Both of those plans have been canceled, according to the statement from Randy Evers, the president of the track. The track was scheduled to run 18 dates, through July 12.
Charles Town Races has ceased live racing “until further notice,” the track announced on Tuesday, one day after the state’s governor issued a “stay-at-home” order to curtail the spread of the coronavirus.
Charles Town had been conducting racing spectator-free but had dropped several cards from its weekly schedule due to the closure of its adjoining casino a week ago. The casino provides subsidies for horse racing purses at the track.
Although the track will no longer run live, the backstretch will remain open for “light training," the track said.
Fair Grounds in New Orleans and Sam Houston Race Park in Houston were among the latest casualties of the coronavirus outbreak last weekend, with both tracks announcing that they would close without finishing their meets this year.
The list of major tracks that continue to run live includes Santa Anita and Golden Gate in California, Oaklawn Park in Arkansas, and Gulfstream Park and Tampa Bay Downs in Florida. Fonner Park in Nebraska, Charles Town Races in West Virginia, and Remington Park and Will Rogers Downs in Oklahoma also continue to run live races, spectator-free.
A physical examination of the 2019 3-year-old champion Maximum Security ordered by his co-owner Gary West in the wake of an indictment of the horse’s trainer did not find any major soundness problems or irregularities in his cardiovascular system, according to records of the exam provided by West.
In notes accompanying radiographs and other scans of the horse, Dr. Larry Bramlage, the Rood and Riddle equine specialist who conducted the exam, said that his prognosis for the horse was “favorable.”
The New York Race Track Chaplaincy is looking to bolster its food pantry for backstretch workers and welcomes any financial contribution.
Donations can be made online at https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/Nzc5ODQ=. For more information on how to ship a donation or for the address to drop-off food near the track, please contact info@rtcany.org or text 516-428-5267.
Live racing has been canceled indefinitely at Laurel Park in Maryland under orders from Gov. Larry Hogan because of the coronavirus, according to the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association.
News of the cancellation arrived early Friday morning, approximately five hours prior to a scheduled card at the track. The statement put out by the MTHA said simply that racing was canceled “because of orders from Governor Hogan.” The notice said that racing had been canceled “until further notice.”
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission in a special meeting Thursday approved a request by Churchill Downs to run from Sept. 1-Sept. 5 in order to accommodate the rescheduled date of the Kentucky Derby.
Churchill Downs announced Tuesday that it had postponed the Kentucky Derby until Sept. 5 due to the coronavirus outbreak. The track was not approved to race on that date, but Churchill officials had said Tuesday that the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission had backed the postponement and was expected to approve a request for additional dates.