Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) has received Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) approval to remove 11 Thursday afternoon cards from its 2012 live Thoroughbred Racing calendar.
The Thursdays no longer on the schedule are as follows:
September 13, 20, 27
October 11, 18, 25
November 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Live Thoroughbred racing is now conducted from Friday to Sunday afternoons and Wednesday evenings. The final two Thursday cards, December 6th and 13th, remain as previously scheduled as well.
The final date of the meet is set for Sunday, December 16th.
More from Canadian Thoroughbred:
Four-year-old colt Wicked Django had been hinting in graded stakes races all season and he finally got his pace set up on Saturday
The re-scheduled Autumn Stakes (G2) had its distance changed for this year from 1 1/16 miles to 1 1/8 miles.
Dr. Van Arem and family's homebred 'hot shot' tries a distance in the Lake Ontario and Little Teddy has won the filly division points prize.
Over the nine days of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, Canadians bought mares to bring north to foal.
