Horse Racing: - $1,000,000+ races at Woodbine + Charles Town on Fri. + Saratoga (Fox, FS1, FS2) on Sat.; Smarty Jones Day at Parx (NBC Sports-Philadelphia) on Sat. (2024)

Topsham opening day II Report since weather impacted yesterday's scheduled opening day;

no Colonial THU/FRI (Weather);

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Day 2
That was quick. $1.5 million spent on a Gun Runner filly.

Hip 146 -- A chestnut colt by Gun Runner just went for $1.9 million.

Day 2 ongoing but eight horses sold for $1.5 million+: Three of them sired by Gun Runner.

$75 million totaled with 138 horses sold. Sale is ongoing.

Tidying the final paperwork $82,070,000 spent.

Update: The average was $533,000. There were 12 horses bought at $1,000,000+. A total of 154 sold. The official figure said record-setting $82.1 million is the final tally which represented a 9.5% increase from last year.

CHRDANHUTCH said:

no Colonial THU/FRI (Weather);

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Officials at Colonial Downs plan to make an announcement by 5 p.m. Wednesday on the status of Saturday’s 12-race card that includes the Grade 1 Arlington Million and the Beverly D. and Secretariat Stakes, both Grade 2 races. Those three races, as well as the listed Andy Guest and Van Clief Stakes are scheduled to be run on turf.​

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As of Tuesday, more than an inch of rain was forecast between Thursday and Saturday morning.​

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MiamiScreamingEagles said:

Race 5 st Delaware: 11 out of 14 scratched.

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Saratoga is off the turf today/ no steeplechase exhibition, either

TUE's Topsham race report/article;

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Charles Town (WV) tonight and Laurel (MD) tomorrow have canceled. Laurel plans to run Saturday.

Colonial (VA) announced previously that the track canceled cards for Thursday and Friday and shifted Saturday's card to Sunday.

Delaware canceled Friday but is on for Saturday as of now. Today's card is off-the-turf as race 1 approaches.

New York is monitoring.

No word yet from Monmouth (NJ).

Monticello harness is racing but conditions are listed as sloppy. Monticello is 100+ miles south of Saratoga where turf racing is currently listed as "good."

MiamiScreamingEagles said:

Charles Town (WV) tonight and Laurel (MD) tomorrow have canceled. Laurel plans to run Saturday.

Colonial (VA) announced previously that the track canceled cards for Thursday and Friday and shifted Saturday's card to Sunday.

Delaware is on for Saturday as of now. Today's card is off-the-turf as race 1 approaches.

New York is monitoring.

No word yet from Monmouth (NJ).

Monticello harness is racing but conditions are listed as sloppy. Monticello is 100+ miles south of Saratoga where turf racing is currently listed as "good."

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just saw Saratoga will attempt a 10 race card and try to finish the card in about 5 hours from about 1 until 5:49 ET for Race 10 post

Wednesday's Topsham review/ Thursday post 3 pm/ Skowhegan also starts Fair piece today;

Scioto Downs incident prematurely ends card early;

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Scioto Downs incident prematurely ends card early;

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Luckily all seem to be fine.
A main sponsor of the Blue Jackets, IIRC.

UPDATE from First Tracks about simulcasts and viewing different fairs in ME for those interested in watching/betting harness racing LIVE if not on site:

Races 6, 9 and 10 are now off-the-turf at Saratoga. Bettors get "all" bets in the Pick 6 but not Pick 5.

Delaware canceled the rest of its card today

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