Zia Park in Hobbs, N.M., is rescheduling the Monday and Tuesday cards lost due to unsafe track conditions after snow hit the area last Friday, Nov. 25.
The two cancelled programs will be run Wednesday and Thursday.
The first cancellation occurred on Saturday, Nov. 26, when a card of Quarter Horse races was cancelled. On Sunday, four Quarter Horse races were run before the remainder of the 10-race program was cancelled due to track conditions. The races lost on those two programs may be re-drawn but the cards will not be rescheduled in their entirety.
Todd Fincher, leading trainer at the current Zia Park meet, said the racing surface was built without a proper drainage system and the track was saturated, with no place for the water to drain, especially on the inside. “They need to put a base on the track like they should have done when it was built,” Fincher said.
Warmer, windy weather has helped the drying out process, Fincher added, and he is confident the track will be in good condition on Wednesday. “We do appreciate that they moved the two programs to Wednesday and Thursday,” he said.
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