Lingering Effects of Storm Cancel Laurel Racing Jan. 6
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Racing at Laurel Park
The Maryland Jockey Club has canceled the nine-race program Jan. 6 at Laurel Park because of the lingering effects of a winter storm earlier in the week that brought rounds of sleet, freezing rain, and snowfall to the area.
Live racing is scheduled to resume Jan. 7 with a nine-race program.
Laurel was closed for training earlier in the week after the storm. No workouts have taken place there since Jan. 2, according to Equibase data.
The Maryland track, which canceled racing in the first part of December after a spike in breakdowns there in November, reported Jan. 4 to the Maryland Racing Commission that no catastrophic breakdowns had occurred there to that time since it reopened for training and racing in mid-December. Laurel had experienced problems with the body and pad of its main track late last fall after renovations to the surface during the spring and summer. Approximately 2,000 tons of sand have since been added to the racing surface.