How the Coronavirus is affecting horseracing

There is currently uncertainly over Preakness Stakes.

The event usually takes place the third Saturday in May.

WITH WMA━2 NEWS' MARK ROPER.HE'S LIVE OUTSIDE PIMLICO RACECOURSE THIS MORNING.

MARK, THEKENTUCKY DERBY HAS BEENPOSTPONED UNTIL AT LEASTSEPTEMBER.

WHAT DOES THIS MEANFOR THE PREAKNESS STAKES?TRADITION HAS IT THAT THEKENTUCKY DERBY RUNS ON THEFIRST SATURDAY IN MAY.

AND THETHIRD SATURDAY IN MAY ISRESERVED FOR THE PREAKNESSHERE AT PIMLICO.

BUT WITH THEKENTUCKY NOW BEING RESCHEDULED━ WE COULD SEE THE SAMEHAPPEN WITH THE PREAKNESS.

ONSUNDAY━ GOVERNOR LARRY HOGANISSUED AN EMERGENCY ORDER TOCLOSE THE STATE'S RACETRACKSAND CASINOS.

MEANWHILE━ AKENTUCKY TV STATION ISREPORTING THE KENTUCKY DERBYHAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO RACEIN SEPTEMBER.

CHURCHILL DOWNSPUTS ON A SHOW THAT ATTRACTSMORE THAN 150 THOUSAND PEOPLEWHICH MEANS IT'S MORE THAN 50PEOPLE THAT IS CURRENTLYALLOWED BY THE ━ ━C.

SOTHERE'S A CHANCE WE WILL SEETHE PREAKNESS FOLLOW WITH ANEW DATE IN MID SEPTEMBER ANDTHEN THE BELMONT STAKES INOCTOBER.

A FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENTFROM CHURCHILL DOWNS ONPOSTPONING THE KENTUCKY DERBYIS EXPECTED TODAY.

HORSERACING IS NOW THE LATEST SPORTAFFECTED BY THE CORONAVIRUS━WITH PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL━BASKETBALL AND HOCKEY SEASONSAS WELL AS COLLEGE BASKETBALLTOURNAMENTS━ ALL SUSPENDED.THE LAST TIME THE KENTUCKYDERBY WASN'T HELD ON THE FIRSTSATURDAY IN MAY WAS IN 1945BECAUSE OF WORLD WAR TWO.MEANWHILE━ A 375 MILLIONDOLLAR PLAN WAS INTRODUCED TOTHE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIS YEARTO KEEP THE PREAKNESS HERE INBALTIMORE WITH A NEW ANDIMPROVED PIMLICO HERE LIVE ATPIMLICO IN NORTHWEST BALTIMORE