Santa Anita cancelled 'or Thursday
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from the Santa Anita website:
ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 20, 2010) With six to eight inches of rain expected in the next 24 hours, Santa Anita officials announced Wednesday morning that live racing for Thursday would be cancelled. Santa Anita will be open for simulcast wagering on races run throughout America.
We are in the midst of a severe weather system right now, said Santa Anita President Ron Charles. The Weather Service has told us that this is the heaviest rain weve had in this area in the past five years. Since Sunday afternoon, weve been hit with a lot of rain. As we know, this system of storms has resulted in mudslides and evacuations in our neighboring hillside communities and its just something that were hoping to be able to get through very soon.
For now, were going to evaluate the main track on a day by day basis and safety is of course our number one priority. Weve made the decision to cancel live racing for Thursday and well take a look at our prospects for Friday tomorrow morning.
We realize that by canceling on Thursday that a lot of people are being impacted and we want everyone to know that were doing everything we possibly can to become operational again. In the interim, we will be open for simulcast racing as originally scheduled.
ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 20, 2010) With six to eight inches of rain expected in the next 24 hours, Santa Anita officials announced Wednesday morning that live racing for Thursday would be cancelled. Santa Anita will be open for simulcast wagering on races run throughout America.
We are in the midst of a severe weather system right now, said Santa Anita President Ron Charles. The Weather Service has told us that this is the heaviest rain weve had in this area in the past five years. Since Sunday afternoon, weve been hit with a lot of rain. As we know, this system of storms has resulted in mudslides and evacuations in our neighboring hillside communities and its just something that were hoping to be able to get through very soon.
For now, were going to evaluate the main track on a day by day basis and safety is of course our number one priority. Weve made the decision to cancel live racing for Thursday and well take a look at our prospects for Friday tomorrow morning.
We realize that by canceling on Thursday that a lot of people are being impacted and we want everyone to know that were doing everything we possibly can to become operational again. In the interim, we will be open for simulcast racing as originally scheduled.