Belmont cancelled today 6/9

Scav · #1 06-09-2011, 10:48 AM

Heat

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...ts-june-9-card

Arletta · #2 06-09-2011, 10:50 AM

Damn. Just finished the card too..

alysheba4 · #3 06-09-2011, 11:06 AM

has this happened before? hopefully saturday it will cool down.

randallscott35 · #4 06-09-2011, 11:07 AM

Yes. And it will be nice for the weekend starting tomorrow.

Antitrust32 · #5 06-09-2011, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by alysheba4

has this happened before? hopefully saturday it will cool down.

I remember it happening at Saratoga one summer. Its was brutally hot. I dont feel bad for you guys in the north though. Its been upper 90's the past week or two here.

slotdirt · #6 06-09-2011, 11:32 AM

I bet it was hotter than today on Belmont day 2008, though obviously Belmont day is a much bigger racing day than just a random Thursday Belmont card.

alysheba4 · #7 06-09-2011, 11:47 AM

here in so. cal when it gets around 100, yeah its hot.....but, new york. its BRUTAL.

PatCummings · #8 06-09-2011, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by slotdirt

I bet it was hotter than today on Belmont day 2008, though obviously Belmont day is a much bigger racing day than just a random Thursday Belmont card.

That day was freakishly hot, Belmont was steaming. The humidity made the second floor grandstand concourses a hazard. It was like, 75 the day before too. Woke up and thought they were joking on TV about what a steamer it was going to be...

Of course, there was the bathroom meltdown too.