Finger Lakes Gaming and Racetrack

Parx, which announced last week it was canceling racing Monday and Tuesday due to excessive heat, has now also abandoned its slate of live races Wednesday. Finger Lakes also wound up canceling their Tuesday card after initially trying to race, citing the excessive heat index in the area. With a heat wave gripping much of the country, Delaware Park has also been forced to cancel its Wednesday card. Earlier in the week, Finger Lakes and Prairie Meadows each canceled their live racing cards Monday due to weather.

Owing to a lack of entries, the live racing program scheduled for Tuesday, May 20 at Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack (FLGR) has been cancelled. According to a release from the track, the lingering impacts of a long winter combined with a wet spring resulted in trainers having limited opportunities to sufficiently prepare their horses for the season. The track says it is hopeful that entries will return to a more normal level as the inventory of fit and race-ready horses increases to the point where a Monday-through-Wednesday racing schedule...

Anthony Stabile has been named track announcer at Finger Lakes Gaming and Racetrack. Stabile will become just the third announcer in Finger Lakes history when the upstate New York track opens for its 63rd season of Thoroughbred racing Apr. 29. "Since I was a young kid, I've wanted to be a racetrack announcer and am proud to say my first full-time position will be at Finger Lakes," Stabile said. "I'm looking forward to being a part of a place that is rich in racing tradition, where one of my favorites,...

Following the successful debut of its North Warning Distance Claiming series in 2023, Finger Lakes Gaming and Racetrack has added three more claiming series to its 2024 meet which opens Apr. 29. Pending approval from the New York State Gaming Commission, the track's racing secretary Jerry Richards will add an additional distance series for fillies and mares and two sprint claiming series. All three series are named after some of the winningest horses to ever compete at Finger Lakes. The Unhinged Iron Distance Claiming Series is the female version of...