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By Pat McKenna – NYRA Press Office
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced that Saturday’s Grade 1, $600,000 Saratoga Derby Invitational [Race 7] and the Grade 2, $300,000 Troy [Race 10] have been cancelled due to heavy overnight rainfall and will be moved to Saturday, August 10.
All of Saturday’s remaining turf races [Race 1, Race 4, Race 9, Race 13] have been moved off the turf.
Updated post times for Saturday’s now 11-race card, which kicks off at 12:05 p.m. Eastern, are:
Race 2 [12:45 p.m.], Race 3 [1:25 p.m.], Race 4 [2:05 p.m.],Race 5 [2:45 p.m.], Race 6 [3:25 p.m.], Race 7 [canceled], Race 8 [4:08 p.m.], Race 9 [4:52 p.m., Fasig-Tipton Lure], Race 10 [canceled], Race 11 [5:42 p.m.], Race 12 [6:17 p.m.] and Race 13 [6:50 p.m.].
Any multi-race wagers that include Race 7 and Race 10 have been canceled and will be refunded.
The two-day All Turf Pick 5, which kicked off Friday with the Grade 2 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Oaks Invitational and Grade 2 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame, will pay out to ALL for the final three legs: the Grade 1 Saratoga Derby Invitational [Race 7], Fasig-Tipton Lure [Race 9], and Grade 2 Troy [Race 10].
The Grade 1 Saratoga Derby Invitational and Grade 2 Troy will join a blockbuster Saturday, August 10 card that includes the Grade 1, $500,000 FanDuel Fourstardave, a “Win and You’re In” qualifier for the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Mile in November at Del Mar; as well as the Grade 2, $200,000 Saratoga Special and the Listed $150,000 Galway.
