from the PA Fair Harness Horseman’s Association

Bedford, PA — Well, that’s no way to begin your fair racing season.

The Bedford (PA) fairgrounds in southwest Pennsylvania got a hard rain on Tuesday, creating issues with the clay half-mile track, and Wednesday’s (June 20) continued rain forced cancellation of that day’s opening of the 2018 schedule and its 3-year-old Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes racing.

“We had some hope early on Thursday morning,” said hardworking Bedford director of racing Jake Hoover. “They were calling for partly sunny skies and a wind of 8-10 mph, which certainly would have given us a chance. But the predicted weather never came — it stayed drizzling most of the day — and all the officials were in agreement that because of the safety factor, we were best to wait for another day.”

So the 2-year-old Fair Sire Stakes group also lost their chance to compete at Bedford.

Hoping for a change in luck will come quickly for the Pennsylvania fair horsemen — they draw Friday (June 22) for racing at the Lycoming Fair in Hughesville, near Williamsport of Little League fame, with cards scheduled for Saturday at 4 p.m. and high noon on Sunday.