Louisville Kentucky, July 2, 2016 (AP): Firefighters were called to Churchill Downs Saturday evening to extinguish a fire in the grandstands. Authorities said that angry patrons set fire to the structure shortly after it was announced that the last race would be canceled due to an electrical failure in the race track's lighting system
According to witnesses, a number of people then set fire to the structure. One was heard shouting "You have enough light now! Run the last race!"
Investigators later found that the electrical failure was due to a missing fuse.
The jackpot pick-six carryover pool of $3,534,174.25 was not paid out. Track management state that it will be available at the track's fall meeting.
Of course that's fictitious, but I wouldn't put that track lighting failure past management.
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