A severe storm forecast to hit the San Diego area the middle part of the upcoming holiday week has caused Del Mar to cancel its Thanksgiving Day card Thursday, and move stakes races scheduled for that day and Friday to 48 hours later, the track announced Sunday morning.

The Grade 3 Red Carpet Handicap, which was drawn Saturday and was part of the original Thursday card, will be brought back on Saturday and will be re-drawn with all the Saturday races on Wednesday. The Saturday card is highlighted by the Grade 1 Hollywood Derby.

The Grade 2 Hollywood Turf Cup, originally scheduled for Friday, will now be run on Sunday as part of a closing-day card that includes the Grade 1 Matriarch Stakes.

Both the Saturday and Sunday cards will be expanded to 10 races, and will begin at noon Pacific.

The Friday card was scheduled to be drawn later Sunday and, owing to the weather forecast, will now be restricted to dirt races only in order to preserve the grass course for closing weekend.

Del Mar also cancelled this past Thursday’s card owing to weather. The forecast for the coming week’s weather is for more severe weather than this past week.