Winter Weather KOs Tuesday Racing at Parx, Mahoning Valley and Louisiana Downs

Live racing at Parx was cancelled Tuesday and Wednesday in the wake of a winter storm which moved through the Philadelphia area Monday night. Frigid temperatures and wintry conditions also forced the cancellation of live racing Tuesday at Mahoning Valley in Austintown, Ohio and at Louisiana Downs in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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