Well, that’s no way to begin your fair racing season.
The Bedford (PA) fairgrounds in southwest Pennsylvania got a hard rain on Tuesday, creating issues with the clay half-mile track, and Wednesday’s continued rain forced cancellation of that day’s opening of the 2018 schedule and its three-year-old Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes racing.
“We had some hope early on Thursday morning,” said hardworking Bedford director of racing Jake Hoover. “They were calling for partly sunny skies and a wind of 8-10 mph, which certainly would have given us a chance. But the predicted weather never came –- it stayed drizzling most of the day –- and all the officials were in agreement that because of the safety factor, we were best to wait for another day.” So the two-year-old Fair Sire Stakes group also lost their chance to compete at Bedford.
Hoping for a change in luck will come quickly for the Pennsylvania fair horsemen –- they draw tomorrow morning (Friday) for racing at the Lycoming Fair in Hughesville, PA, near Williamsport of Little League fame, with cards scheduled for Saturday at 4:00 p.m. and high noon on Sunday.
(Pennsylvania Fair Harness Horsemen’s Association)