Sun Downs in Kennewick, Wash., will not be able to host a live racing meet for the third straight year, reports the Tri-City Herald.
In 2020 the pandemic forced the cancellation, and in 2021 Washington state was using the fairgrounds parking lot to distribute vaccinations.
This year, the issue is a lack of liability insurance.
Nancy Sorick, president of the Tri-City Horse Racing Association, broke her foot in November and contracted COVID in January. During her illness, Sorick missed a letter which would have notified her that the state of Washington canceled all liability insurance for small racetracks.
“If I had been healthy, I would've caught it,” Sorick told the Herald.
Sorick has been unable to fast-track liability insurance and the TCHRA was forced to cancel its 2022 race meet, meaning the track did not open to local trainers on Feb. 1.
However, Sorick expects things to get back on track for 2023 after Benton County agreed to a three-year contract for the TCHRA to host live racing.
Read more at the Tri-City Herald.
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