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Unseasonable Weather Leads To Short Opening Day At Arapahoe Park
Inclement weather caused Arapahoe Park to shorten their inaugural 2017 race card today.

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Unseasonable Weather Leads To Short Opening Day At Arapahoe Park

AURORA, CO—MAY 19, 2017—Arapahoe Park cancelled the remainder of Friday's opening day card of the 2017 season after the third race because of cold and rainy weather.

Racing will resume on Saturday at 1 p.m. with nine live races as well as simulcasting of the Preakness card from Pimlico Race Course.

Saturday’s feature race at Arapahoe Park, a five-furlong allowance contest for fillies and mares, includes three 2016 Arapahoe Park stakes winners in A J’s Grand from the CTBA Breeders Oaks, Brokeanlovingit from the Molly Brown Stakes, and Lady Jila from the Columbine Stakes.

Lady Jila, a 10-year-old mare trained by O.A. Martinez Jr. and ridden by Mike Ziegler, will be attempting to become the first horse in the history of Arapahoe Park to win the same stakes race five times after capturing the last four runnings of the Columbine Stakes from 2013 to 2016.