1/9-10 (OP): Oaklawn Cancels Opening Weekend

[-BT-]

Originally Posted by Danzig

this was the earliest they'd scheduled an opener. last time they had to push back the opener was 2011.
all tracks face adverse conditions at times, regardless of when they schedule their meet.

what keeps them from opening in late Jan early Feb. and going through June?
i guess my point was, there is no other competition in the state to run up against, so why chose to start a meet in the coldest month of the year?

-bt-