Due to winter storm Izzy, which is anticipated to bring over a foot of snow to the region, live racing on Monday, Jan. 17, at Hollywood Gaming Mahoning Valley Race Course has been cancelled. Live racing at the Austintown, Ohio, track is scheduled to resume Tuesday, Jan. 18, with a first race post time of 12:45 p.m. ET. The simulcast theater will remain open.
Hollywood Gaming Mahoning Valley Race Course races Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday with a first race post time of 12:45 p.m. and Saturday with a first race post time of 12:15 p.m. The 2022 Winter/Spring race meet dates run Jan. 1, 2022-April 16, 2022, following the same Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday format.
The Maryland Jockey Club canceled also Monday's special 10-race Martin Luther King Jr. holiday program due to lingering effects of a winter storm that brought snow, sleet and freezing rain to the region overnight.
Laurel, Rosecroft Raceway and the MJC OTB Network remain open for simulcasting.
Live racing is scheduled to return to Laurel with a 10-race program Thursday, Jan. 20. Race 3 is a maiden special weight for fillies and mares ages 4 and 5 sprinting 5 ½ furlongs that includes first-time starters from trainers Brittany Russell, Michael Merryman, Jose Corrales and a pair from Dale Bennett.
First race post time is 12:10 p.m.
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