Kentucky Downs moves Saturday’s card to Wednesday

Blockbuster card now Sept. 6. ‘We got six inches of rain in 12 hours. It is in the best interest of the horses, jockeys and our guests to move the card to Wednesday.’

FRANKLIN, Ky. (Friday, September 1, 2017) — Because of the deluge of rain, Kentucky Downs has rescheduled Saturday’s opening card to Wednesday, Sept. 6. The fields for the 10-race all-grass card will remain the same, with no redrawing of entries or post positions.

Kentucky Downs’ showcase five-date meet now will be conducted Wednesday Sept. 6, Thursday Sept. 7, Saturday Sept. 9, Sunday Sept. 10, and Thursday Sept. 14. First post is 1:25 p.m. Central each day.

“The ongoing impact of Hurricane Harvey makes it impossible to run Saturday,” said Ted Nicholson, Kentucky Downs’ senior vice president and general manager. “The forecast was for one to five inches of rain, and we got six inches in 12 hours. It is in the best interest of the horses, jockeys and our guests to move the entire card to Wednesday.”

Kentucky Downs remains open today and Saturday for its year-round daily simulcast wagering and Historical Horse Racing operations.

Kentucky Downs could not reschedule for Sunday or Monday because those are the final two days of live racing at Ellis Park in Henderson, Ky.

Scratch time for Wednesday’s racing program will be 9 a.m. Central Tuesday.

The Wednesday card will be a blockbuster, with four stakes races: the $400,000 Tourist Mile, $350,000 Fasig-Tipton Turf Showcase Juvenile; $350,000 Exacta Systems Juvenile Fillies and $150,000 One Dreamer.

Kentucky Downs offers the richest average daily purses in North America at a $1.7 million a day, including purse enhancements for Kentucky-bred horses. Track led the nation in average field size with almost 11 horses per race and has been ranked No. 1 for three years straight by the...

Retama Park’s 2017 thoroughbred meets tonight, Friday, September 1.  Racing will be conducted Friday and Saturday nights through November 11, with a post time of 6:45 Central.  This ending date is revised from previous announcements.

IdaBet.com Players:  This is the final weekend of racing at Ruidoso Downs for the 2017 season.  They will have amended  post times this weekend. Post time Friday, September 1st, 2017 thru Sunday, September 3rd 2017 will be 12:30 p.m. Monday, September 4^th Labor Day our first post will be 1:00 pm. We have great stakes races this weekend, on Sunday the $100,000 First Down Dash, the $200,000 (G1) All American Gold Cup, the $134,000 Rio Grande Senorita T.B. Futurity and the $1,200,000 (G1) All American Derby.

On Monday the $50,000 Ruidoso Thoroughbred Championship, the $200,000 All American Juvenile, the $134,000 Rio Grande Senor Thoroughbred Futurity and the race we all have been waiting for the $3,000,000 million (G 1) All American Futurity. They will offer advanced wagering on Sunday for Monday’s entire card.  You will also be able to wager on the All American Daily Double on Sunday, the first half being the All American Derby race 10  post time 4:44 p.m. and the second half being the All American Futurity race 10 on Monday.

Post time for the All American Futurity is scheduled for 5:18 p.m. mountain standard time. The All American Daily Double will be a separate event on Sunday. We thank you for all your support and hope you can Ruidoso Downs this weekend!

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Idabet Players:  With no one hitting the Pick Six, there is a $47,730 carryover for today’s card. The Pick Six on Thursday, August 31st starts with race 3.

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