Lone Star Park abandoned

Lone Star Park is situated in the heart of Texas where they are seeing the surge in virus cases. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/05/coronavirus-texas-mayors-serious-trouble-hospital-beds-florida-trump

Strange that they made this decision after racing had already started for the day though.

Probably a call form the Governor after the first saying - "wtf are you doing?"

Jul 5, 2020 -- 10:12PM, tinytuco wrote:

Probably a call form the Governor after the first saying - "wtf are you doing?"

Perhaps I'm reading too much into it but given they abandoned racing part-way through the card and given the venue remains open for simulcasting I wonder if they have had a confirmed case today within the essential racing crew? (eg jockey or gate crew).

Jul 5, 2020 -- 10:27PM, jamee1 wrote:

Jul  5, 2020 -- 10:12PM, tinytuco wrote:Probably a call form the Governor after the first saying - "wtf are you doing?"Perhaps I'm reading too much into it but given they abandoned racing part-way through the card and given the venue remains open for simulcasting I wonder if they have had a confirmed case today within the essential racing crew? (eg jockey or gate crew).

Rumours are a backstretch worker returned a positive test result. Assuming a 14-day quarantine period best we can hope for is a return to racing around 20th July, but given the spread in Texas it may be much longer.

Thanks for the update.

Suspected as much.