Hurricane Irma

Officials at Gulfstream Park reported late Sunday that while the facility did suffer some storm damage from Hurricane Irma, it appears as though they escaped any major damage.

The Daily Racing Form reported that Gulfstream's barn area and the racetrack “appeared to suffer no effects” from the storm, other than fronds from palm trees littering the area.

Track officials told the Form that no decision on when racing would resume would be made until Monday at the earliest. Although entries have already been drawn for the Wednesday and Thursday cards, it is uncertain as to when all the horses that had been evacuated could return – all but approximately 250-300 horses were evacuated, according to officials.

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