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Posted on Thursday, June 15th, 2006
Philadelphia Park announced on Wednesday that the $750,000 2006 Pennsylvania Derby (gr. II)scheduled for Sept. 4 (Labor Day), has been cancelled.
Track spokesman Keith Jones said that construction inside the grandstand that began this week was the prime reason the Derby was scrapped.
“There will be no way we could safely accommodate the big crowd we usually get for the Pennsylvania Derby with the ongoing construction and renovations to all three floors of the grandstand,” he said.
Greenwood Racing, Inc., owners of Philadelphia Park, are readying the grandstand for slot machines. Plans call for the first two floors to have gaming devices and a limited amount of pari-mutuel wagering, while the third floor will be devoted primarily to pari-mutuel wagering and simulcasting. The director’s room for high rollers, currently on the first floor, and a restaurant will be opened on the third floor, but the horsemen’s box seating will remain at its present location on the second floor.
The $75,000 Steve Van Buren Handicap, which traditionally shares the card with the Pennsylvania Derby, will be run this year, but on a different date.
Greenwood expects to run the Pennsylvania Derby in 2007. This is the first time that the Derby was cancelled since it was first ran in 1979.
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