Wednesday's four flat races carded for the grass at Saratoga will be contested on the main track, according to a tweet from the New York Racing Association.
The third race for state-bred 2-year-old filly maidens will retain its original distance and be run over 5 1/2 on the dirt. Originally scheduled for a mile and three furlongs an optional claimer/second-level allowance will now be run at a mile and a quarter on the main track as race four. Race six for open 2-year-old filly maidens will go at 5 1/2 furlongs on the dirt and race 10, a maiden special weight for older New York-breds will be run out of the Wilson Chute at a mile.
According to a tweet from NYRA's Patrick McKenna, a total of 2.33″ of rain has fallen over the last week in Saratoga and 5.17″ of rainfall has been recorded since the beginning of the meet July 13.
On Aug. 6, NYRA officials transferred the final three turf races on the program to the dirt after consultation with jockeys. The decision came after one horse was pulled up during the running of race four, an 11-furlong allowance, while another–Ever Summer (Summer Front)–suffered a catastophic injury at the quarter pole, the third turf fatality of the meet following the passing earlier in the meet of Sopran Basilea (Ire) (Night of Thunder {Ire}) and Blame It On Mary (Blame).
With the previous announcement that Wednesday's steeplechase race had been canceled, first post will be 1:46 p.m. ET. No information has been disclosed yet regarding the five races carded for Thursday's program.
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