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jamee1
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05 Jul 20 21:55
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One race into the meeting today Lone Star Park has been cancelled until further notice. Stated due to "an abundance of caution and coronavirus" with racing returning at "a time to be determined". Simulcasting continues at the track though.
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jamee1 When: 05 Jul 20 22:00
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.
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tinytuco When: 05 Jul 20 22:12
Probably a call form the Governor after the first saying - "wtf are you doing?"
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jamee1 When: 05 Jul 20 22:27

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).

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jamee1 When: 06 Jul 20 23:19

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.

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Wesdag When: 07 Jul 20 17:22
Thanks for the update.

Suspected as much.
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