"We have to keep working together to get through it. Pennsylvania's newest casino set to open in Shippensburg Mark Pynes. "We've got to keep it up during this next period of time until this settles down, until the vaccines get out there," he said. 6-7, Keeneland attracted jockeys from all over the world. For the Breeders' Cup that was staged there Nov. He praised Keeneland's completed fall-meet setup for its jockeys' room, noting that riders were spaced out and segregated by the regions from which they had traveled. Meyocks urged vigilance by tracks and jockeys to maintain social distancing and adherence to safety protocols for racing to continue across the country. They've tried to do it but we think they could do more in spreading out the riders. We've asked them to spread riders out more inside the room. "Like anything else, we've had discussions of (jockeys) not going into the barn area and limiting the exposure. "They went a long time without having anything," Meyocks said of Parx. Unlike those tracks, Parx has been able to continue racing. Racing is currently on hold at another track, Golden Gate Fields, following an outbreak, mostly among its backstretch workers. COVID-19 has infected groups of jockeys at other tracks, resulting in a pause of racing this year at Del Mar, Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races, and Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course.
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