The 2020 Saratoga meet will consist of 40 days of racing from July 16 through Sept. 7, the New York Racing Association announced Tuesday.

The schedule will virtually mirror that of 2019 in that the race week, for the most part, will consist of five days, Wednesdays through Sundays, over eight weeks. The exceptions will be the first week, when racing is conducted Thursday through Sunday, and the final week, when racing will be conducted Wednesday through Labor Day Monday.

NYRA officials had been open to the idea of racing Mondays and making Wednesdays dark before talking with local business owners who supported the 2019 schedule.

“The changes we made to the 2019 season received an overwhelmingly positive response from our horsemen, fans and the community,” NYRA president and CEO Dave O’Rourke said in a press release issued Wednesday. “We asked the local and racing communities for their feedback to these changes following the conclusion of the meet. Given their support, and to maintain consistency and stability for our fans and stakeholders, we will conduct a similar racing schedule in 2020.”

The NYRA will release its stakes schedule at a later date