Icy Storm News Today

The Grade 1, $1 million Pennsylvania Derby drew a strong field of 11, including six who participated in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve this spring.

Tawny Port may actually be the faster of the pair at this point in time and certainly will offer better betting value

Nominations are set for the Grade 1, $1 million betPARX Pennsylvania Derby with as many as 28 3-year-olds under consideration for the 42nd renewal of the 1 1/8-mile event Saturday, Sept. 24 at Parx Racing in Bensalem, Penn.

Gary and Mary West's Best Actor cruised to a 5 3/4-length score in Tuesday's Grade 3, $300,000 Smarty Jones Stakes at Parx Racing in Bensalem, Pa.

Seven state-bred stakes were run at Zia Park on Monday.

It is going to rain again tonight. the temperature will continue to drop. and it will result in what you described as catastrophic power outages. a catastrophic ice storm, if you will, one that hits this region of the country once every ten years or so. that is what theyre bracing for on wednesday. now, it did snow in other parts of the south today. and that is where mike seidel is standing by. greenville, south carolina. the weather channels mike seidel. >> reporter: hey, chris, good afternoon ...

Auto crashes there. they have sleet and ice on the freeways. hundreds of accidents there. that part is going to come into the southeast and that will fire up the storm that goes up the east coast tomorrow night and thursday. and that is why well have all kinds of issues. but here in the upstate from greenville to charlotte, up towards greensboro and into d.c. and northeast, it will be primarily thouprim primarily snow. 6 to 10 inches. but down state, columbia, a augusta, parts of atlanta, well h...

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To keep warm. >> reporter: and in new hampshire, some ski resorts have even closed. >> got 20 layers on. body warmers, hand warmers, foot warmers. you can do about an hour, hour and 15 minutes and then go in and warm up. >> reporter: the deadly cold blast of air is now moving south to alabama. so ice is now the big concern. and the national weather service says the biggest impact will be icing of trees, power lines and of course, the roads. rob and sunny, back to you. >> too cold to ski? think a...

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