The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club has cancelled its Thanksgiving day card ahead of a forecast of heavy rain in the area this coming Wednesday and Thursday. Several of Thursday's races–including the GIII Red Carpet S.–will be shifted to expanded cards at the track Saturday and Sunday. The track is expected to run its Friday program as scheduled, but with racing only on the main track. Friday's scheduled feature race, the GII Hollywood Turf Cup, will be run Sunday.
“The weatherman is making it tough, but safety always comes first,” said Del Mar's executive vice president for racing Tom Robbins. “We are appreciative of the cooperation from our horsemen. We're planning on putting on a good show Friday and following that with tremendous stakes-filled cards on both Saturday and Sunday. We've got horses and horsemen coming into town from back east for our big races and we want them to know that their races will be presented as planned under safe and proper conditions.”
In the revised weekend slate, the track will move up first post both Saturday and Sunday to noon and will run 10 races on each day. There will be seven graded turf races conducted over the two days offering $1.3 million in purses.
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