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Fair Grounds cancels Saturday racing for wind, power issues

Horse Racing Nation · last updated

Fair Grounds canceled Saturday racing due to wind-related power issues.

The track announced the electrial problems and cancellation via a news release and a post on X Saturday afternoon. The track urged people on site to leave the building immediately.

The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for an area covering New Orleans. The advisory, which warns of sustained winds between 15 and 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph, is in effect until 8 p.m. EDT on Saturday. Early Saturday afternoon the National Weather Service recorded sustained winds as heavy as 35 mph with gusts up to 61 mph.

As of 2:20 p.m. EDT on Saturday, a map of outages from local electrical utility Entergy shows a line of outages down Fortin Street, which runs past the main entrance to Fair Grounds. According to the map, the outage is one of over 100 outages scattered throughout the New Orleans area.

Saturday’s card at Fair Grounds included nine races, all at either maiden, claiming, starter or allowance levels. Fair Grounds is scheduled to resume racing Sunday with an eight-race card beginning at 1:45 p.m. EDT. The richest races on the Sunday card are a trio of $53,000 allowance and allowance-optional claiming races.

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