LAUREL PARK CANCELS JAN. 7 CARD
Press Release
January 7, 2022
The Maryland Jockey Club has canceled Friday’s live nine-race program at Laurel Park after a winter storm swept through the area overnight and into the morning.
As a result the national weekly Stronach 5 wager, which was scheduled to open with Laurel’s ninth race, has also been cancelled and will return Friday, Jan. 14.
- Read On sends Gaudet barn to Colonial on a high note
Trainer Lacey Gaudet is taking 30 horses to Colonial Downs, which opens this week. But first: a win in Sunday’s Laurel Park co-feature.
Laurel, Pimlico, Rosecroft and the MJC OTB Network remain open for simulcasting. It’s the second straight day Laurel has canceled.
Live racing is scheduled to return to Laurel with a nine-race program Saturday that features the return of 2021 Runhappy Barbara Fritchie (G3) winner Hibiscus Punch in Race 8, a six-furlong optional claiming allowance for fillies and mares 4 and up.
First race post time is 12:25 p.m.
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