Charles Town cancels Wednesday, Thursday cards

HRN staff
Photo: Coady Photography

Charles Town canceled its Wednesday and Thursday cards because of cold weather in the forecast.

The National Weather Service forecast for the West Virginia track area called for a mostly sunny day Wednesday, with a high temperature around 28 degrees. A northwest wind of 15 to 17 mph was expected, with gusts as high as 23 degrees. The Wednesday night low was forecast at 15 degrees.

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The NWS predicted Thursday will be sunny, with a high near 28 and wind-chill values as low as -1. It is expected to be blustery, with a northwest wind of 16 to 24 mph and gusts as high as 34 mph. Thursday night was expected to remain windy, with a low of be about 14 degrees

The first post for Wednesday and Thursday was 7 p.m. EST. Charles Town said in an X post that racing is expected to resume Friday night, when snow is in the forecast with a low of 22 degrees.

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