Heavy rains with the potential for flash flooding in the Northeast are wreaking havoc with racing schedules, with Aqueduct's Friday program and Friday and Saturday's all-turf Monmouth-at-Meadowlands cards cancelled.
Following are the press releases from those tracks:
AQUEDUCT: The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) has canceled Friday's live racing program at Aqueduct Racetrack due to significant rainfall forecast to create hazardous weather conditions in the New York metropolitan area.
With as much as five inches of rain expected, Ozone Park is under a flash flood warning and flood watch throughout the day on Friday. As a result, Friday's 11-race card has been canceled in the interest of the safety of all participants.
Aqueduct Racetrack will remain open for simulcasting on Friday, and online wagering is available through www.NYRABets.com.
NYRA has yet to determine a new schedule for Friday's featured Grade 3, $150,000 Noble Damsel and $125,000 Ashley T. Cole.
Live racing at Aqueduct is scheduled to resume on Saturday with an 11-race card featuring the Grade 1, $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic, the Grade 2, $400,000 Woodward, the Grade 2, $250,000 Gallant Bloom and the Grade 2, $250,000 Vosburgh, a “Win and You're In” for the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Sprint. First post is 12:05 p.m. Eastern.
For additional information on the Belmont at the Big A fall meet, as well as a complete stakes schedule, visit NYRA.com.
MONMOUTH-AT-MEADOWLANDS: The all-turf Monmouth-at-Meadowlands cards for Friday, Sept. 29, and Saturday, Sept. 30, have been canceled due to inclement weather.
Last Saturday's card was canceled due to rain and windy conditions as well.
The abbreviated meet will resume Friday, Oct. 6 with a six-race card. First race post time is 7 p.m.
When live racing does return the program will feature a carryover of $18,488 for the Jackpot Pick 6.
The Monmouth-at-Meadowlands meet, originally scheduled for 10 days, runs Fridays and Saturdays through Oct. 14.
After the first three racing days of the meet, Paco Lopez leads the jockey standings with six wins from 10 mounts. Kent Sweezey, Rob Atras and Jose Delgado are tied atop the trainer standings with two wins apiece.
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