Colonial Downs has canceled racing for July 4, the track announced on social media. Like much of the country, Virginia has been hit by sweltering heat this week.
Seeking to bounce back from a disappointing fourth last out over wet ground, French star Calandagan resumes racing July 5 in France in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (G1).
This sixth annual New York Thoroughbred Aftercare Day will be held July 24 in conjunction with the $200,000 Rick Violette Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.
Sweet Azteca and Grand Slam Smile, two multiple stakes winners out of Grand Slam mares, meet for the first time in the July 4 Great Lady M Stakes (G2) at Los Alamitos Race Course.
On America's 250th birthday at Saratoga Race Course, Centennial Farms' Antiquarian will look to turn the tables in the $500,000 Suburban Stakes (G2) and avenge the narrow defeat he suffered to Phileas Fogg in last year's running of the race.
Colonial Downs is the latest track to cancel racing July 3 because of extreme summer heat gripping much of the country. The Virginia track has rescheduled its Friday card, moving it in its entirety as drawn to July 6.
Aidan O'Brien's bid to become the first trainer to win the Eclipse Stakes (G1) four years in a row will be stronger than expected after he surprisingly revealed Constitution River and Hawk Mountain will both run July 4 at Sandown Park.