Rain Forces Woodbine Cancellation

Thursday, September 23, 2021 | 2:18 pm

Updated: September 23, 2021 at 2:28 pm

Toronto Ont.June 12, 2021,Woodbine Racetrack.Thoroughbred's break from the starting gate in race 1, for the start of the 2021 thoroughbred race season at Woodbine Racetrack on opening day.#1, Northern Ruby under jockey Keveh Nicholls ,(winner #4 yellow silks middle ) Five Days in May jockey Daisuke Fukumoto.Woodbine/ Michael Burns Photo

Heavy rains in the Greater Toronto area that first forced a postponement of Thursday's live program at Woodbine resulted in 'unfavorable conditions' on the Tapeta track and led to the cancellation of the card.

Woodbine's maintenance team was to continue working on the synthetic surface for the remainder of the day Thursday and into Friday and live racing is scheduled to resume at 4:50 p.m. local time with an eight-race program.