DEL MAR (CNS) - More races were scheduled at Del Mar Saturday on the first weekend after three racing dates were canceled because 15 jockeys tested positive for the coronavirus.
Many of the races that had been scheduled for last weekend have been shifted to this weekend. The Grade II $150,000 San Diego Handicap was scheduled for Saturday, and the Grade II $200,000 Eddie Read Stakes on Sunday.
Additional races will be held Monday to make up for one of the canceled days. The other two lost days will be made up later in the season, on dates to be determined, said Tom Robbins, the club's executive vice president for racing.
The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club responded to the positive tests that wiped out racing from July 17-19 by instituting new travel restrictions to include only permitting joc
