Track management at Pompano Park has announced that the scheduled Isle of Capri Pacing Series, the Mack Lobell Trotting Series and the Frances Dodge Van Lennep Pacing Series have been cancelled.
A Pompano release states that the events were cancelled "due to the additional expenses incurred from the purse account." The release goes on to state that the track will instead hold 10 new late-closing stakes series. The release said that some will be very similar to the prior major stakes events.
The new series will begin in April and will be announced shortly.
Pompano To Switch Live Race Days
Track management at Pompano Park today announced to horsemen at a special meeting that the track will be switching its Friday live race dates to Tuesday dates beginning in December.
The track has received permission from the Florida Gaming Commission to institute the changes. The last Friday night for live racing will be November 28. The first Tuesday night of live racing will be December 9. There will be only three nights of live racing the first week of December on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Then the new live racing schedule begins of Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays with first race post times slated for 7:25 p.m.
Also that same first week in December there will be no qualifying races. The qualifying races will be moved from Friday mornings to Tuesday mornings, beginning December 9 at 10:00 a.m.