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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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Colonial Downs Postpones Monday’s Opening-Day Card Due To Extreme Heat

Colonial Downs has postponed Monday's opening-day card prompted by dangerous heat conditions with heat index forecasts over 100 degrees.

The change is to safeguard the health of people working, along with horses shipping and racing during these conditions.  Monday's races will be re-carded for Sunday, August 2, and horsemen will need to re-enter on Tuesday, July 28.

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

Under a spectator-free designation, fans are encouraged to tune into the TVG Network to watch live racing from Colonial Downs and wager via tvg.com; twinspires.com; xpressbet.com; and nyrabets.com.

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