... and so are we at Meydan.
Temperatures were forecast to be approaching 100 degrees by mid-afternoon.
It is now 1:30 p.m. local time, a little more than three hours to first post, and the temperature is 104 degrees according to weather.com.
I was outside about 30 minutes ago and going from the auxiliary media center out near the paddoock was like walking into an oven -- if an oven also had 15- to 20-mile-per-hour wind gusts inside -- and I immediately began sweating through my shirt.
It may even go up a degree or two before dropping a bit as the Thoroughbred portion of the card begins around 5:20 p.m. local time. Temperatures, however, may hover in the low to mid-90s into the late evening, giving the horses one more obstacle to overcome in addition to the challengers on either side or in front of them.
Welcome to the desert, everyone.
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