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Colonial Downs Postpones Opening Day Card Due to Extreme Heat

Colonial Downs has postponed Monday’s opening card due to forecasted dangerous heat conditions with heat index forecasts over 100 degrees. Monday’s races will be re-carded for Sunday, Aug. 2 and horsemen will need to re-enter Tuesday, July 28.

Colonial Downs’s revised opening day features a nine-race card planned for Tuesday, July 28 with a post time of 5:30 p.m. ET.

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Heat Wave Claims Monday Racing at Delaware, Parx

With expected temperature readings in the upper 90s combined with oppressive humidity resulting in real-feel readings well into the triple digits, officials at Parx Racing in suburban Philadephia and a bit further south at Delaware Park canceled Monday’s live racing programs.

Racing is scheduled to resume Wednesday at Delaware, with a 10-race card beginning at 1:15 p.m. ET. The next scheduled program at Parx is Tuesday afternoon, but the forecast calls for similarly high temperatures.

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Heat Prompts Delaware Park To Cancel Monday’s Live Program

Acting upon the recommendation of the Chief Commission Veterinarian of the Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission, Delaware Park in Wilmington, Del., has cancelled the live racing card scheduled for Monday, July 20, due to the excessive heat forecasted for the region.

The national weather service has predicted temperatures in the high 90s with a heat index of value approaching 110.

Racing is scheduled to resume on Wednesday, July 22, when the forecast is in the high 80s/low 90s.

Delaware Park is scheduled to race Saturdays, Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays through Oct. 17 (Thursdays are dropped after Oct. 1).

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