Thursday, June 28 2012

CHURCHILL DOWNS ADJUSTS POST TIMES FOR FINAL THREE DAYS OF MEET

LOUISVILLE, KY (Thursday, June 27, 2012) – Churchill Downs officials will adjust their post times and race exclusively in the evening for the final three days of its 138th Spring Meet due to looming near-record triple-digit heat in the forecast for Louisville. The first race on Friday, Saturday and Sunday will be 6:30 p.m. (all times Eastern). On Tuesday evening it was decided that Thursday’s nine-race program would be cancelled because National Weather Service forecasters were calling for a high of 103 with a southwest wind of 5-15 mph and gusts up to 26 mph.