Belmont - weather for today

[Mortimer]

Hard to say ,Whod.


This is where your having made friends with anyone in New York who is a track buff would pay off mighty well right about now.

Friends of mine say stay on the turf for now.

[Storm Cadet]

Changes are not up yet but I know last evening we had some of the most torrential thunderstorms EVER in the Queens Nassau area. I got a call from a co worker that said most of the athletic offices and my training room are under water right now! 6 inches of water on lower level of arena. And we are only 8 minutes from Belmont.

Nice time to be on vacation!

Right now it's 72 out and it's expected to go back up to 90's with late day thunderstorms again. What is this Calder Race Track weather?

Will be GREAT in the 70's for Fridays TWILIGHT Racing (half price beer) and Saturdays Mother Goose/Suburban at Belmont this weekend though. Can't wait!

[Bigsmc]

Belmont website lists the dirt as GOOD and the turf as GOOD.

[Storm Cadet]

This outta make for a fun day of handicapping at Belmont today!

BELMONT PARK
SCRATCHES AND PROGRAM CHANGES FOR THURSDAY, 6/28/2007
TRACK CONDITIONS
Weather: T- STORMS 88

Track: GOOD

Turf: GOOD

Turf Races: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Inner: Set at 9 Ft

Widener: Set at 0 Ft

Scattered thunderstorms, especially during the afternoon hours. Gusty winds and small hail are possible. High near 85F. Winds WSW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 60%.

[KY_Sasquash]

Is it New York that has the rule if a race comes off the turf after the pick 6 has started it becomes an automatic win?

[Alan07]

yes

[Linny]

Albany area got hit with storms last night around 6. Looks like some storms may his Queens today. I hope they stay on grass, I like a few of them.

Beware, sometimes when storms are predicted NYRA will rush the card a bit. This can wreak havok on those hoping to get down on a particular race only to find that it was run 20 minutes ahead of schedule.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Storm Cadet

Changes are not up yet but I know last evening we had some of the most torrential thunderstorms EVER in the Queens Nassau area. I got a call from a co worker that said most of the athletic offices and my training room are under water right now! 6 inches of water on lower level of arena. And we are only 8 minutes from Belmont.

Nice time to be on vacation!

Right now it's 72 out and it's expected to go back up to 90's with late day thunderstorms again. What is this Calder Race Track weather?

Will be GREAT in the 70's for Fridays TWILIGHT Racing (half price beer) and Saturdays Mother Goose/Suburban at Belmont this weekend though. Can't wait!

I drove home from work in that sh!t last night around 9. Not much fun. Most of the Hutch was under water...