Heat wave knocks out tracks

[BetPTC]

Racing has been cancelled today at Colonial Downs and Woodbine. Others likely to be added before day is over.

[BetPTC]

add Finger Lakes and Mohawk to that list. :bang:

[InTheRiver68]

And Presque Isle.

-InTheRiver68

[comet52]

They are racing at Arlington today in the same heat. I hope the horses are ok.

[jhilden]

Don't know what's worse for a horse, running in this heat or when it's 10 degree F. For me when I was very athletic, it sucked playing/running in the heat, but if you were properly hydrated, you'd make it. In the freezing cold, injuries were more prone.

[BetPTC]

Horses prefer the cold, and heat raises the risk of a horse internally bleeding through Lasix.

[cj's dad]

Penn National also

[BetPTC]

Monmouth Park and Penn National cancelled for Friday, along with harness tracks Plainridge and Scarborough.

[exactatom]

Are they racing at Ellis Park? With the track being located at the basin near the Ohio River, it is the most humid place I have ever been. I always tell people I behave extra good when I get back from a Summer visit there as it is a sample of what H*E*L*L must feel like.

[rastajenk]

They are. I heard there is no penalty of any sort for scratching, so there will be some short fields, but they're on.

[ceejay]

Are they racing at Ellis Park? With the track being located at the basin near the Ohio River, it is the most humid place I have ever been.
Well I guess you have never been to Houston.