National Weather Service

Live racing has been cancelled at Turfway Park on Wednesday and Thursday due to severe winter weather in the Florence, Kentucky area. Officials from the National Weather Service are forecasting wind chill values to not rise above the single digits over the next 48 hours and dip as low as minus 11 degrees on Wednesday. Turfway Park officials continue to monitor the forecast and will make a determination Wednesday regarding Friday and Saturday's racing cards.

It can be one of a farm manager's biggest headaches: the weather. As Spring brings severe weather across central Kentucky, farms across the state are forced to deal with multiple threats along with the changing seasons--snow or ice storms, heavy rain and flooding, high winds, lightning, and even tornadoes. With herds of horses scattered across hundreds of acres, those fast-moving Spring systems require a farm to be ready at a moment's notice to keep both human and equine safe. A strong area of low pressure swept across the region Friday,...

Due to a tornado warning issued for Jessamine and Fayette Counties--including Lexington and surrounding towns--the start of the fourth and final session of the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale was delayed this morning, and got underway around 10:40 a.m., 40 minutes after its scheduled start time. According to the National Weather Service, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located eight miles west of Richmond, Kentucky, moving in an eastward direction at 55 mph. The area is also under a severe thunderstorm warning until 10 a.m....

Faced with expected high temperatures, Churchill Downs has moved up its first post time Wednesday. Originally scheduled for 12:45 p.m., the day's first race will now go off at 10:30 a.m. The final race of the day will go off at 2:20 p.m. Admission gates will open at 9:30 a.m. Additionally, morning training hours Wednesday at Churchill have been changed to 5-8 a.m. with one renovation break at 6:30 a.m. The National Weather Service's early forecast for Louisville Wednesday calls for a high near 98 degrees and a 20% chance...