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Aly-Sheba 05-10-2013 10:41 PM
This day at Hollywood Park was amazing back in 1977. We had to get there around 9am to get a seat and the place was packed. I just remember getting goosebumps as everyone was yelling Shoe, Shoe, Shoe coming down the stretch of the swaps Stakes!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFmKe4t-V8s

alysheba4 05-15-2013 12:53 PM
i believe the Great Native Diver is buried there:(

robfla 05-15-2013 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by alysheba4 (Post 928231)
i believe the Great Native Diver is buried there:(
He is buried in the Garden Paddock under a monument

alysheba4 05-15-2013 02:18 PM
you are correct, its sad....... the track was influencial in so many ways.

hi_im_god 05-24-2013 05:52 PM
socal racing dates 2014
 
12/26-7/6 santa anita
7/16-9/3 del mar
9/4-9/23 fairplex
9/25-11/2 santa anita
11/5-12/7 del mar
12/11-12/21 los alamitos

http://www.drf.com/news/california-d...ns-next-agenda

geeker2 05-25-2013 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by hi_im_god (Post 929507)
12/26-7/6 santa anita
7/16-9/3 del mar
9/4-9/23 fairplex
9/25-11/2 santa anita
11/5-12/7 del mar
12/11-12/21 los alamitos

http://www.drf.com/news/california-d...ns-next-agenda
Opening day on a Tuesday ?

Aly-Sheba 05-25-2013 12:55 PM
Mike Pegram said today on the Roger Stein show that it would cost the Ca horse industry about 13k a day more to stable at Fairplex compared to Los Al, which adds up to a lot of money! Also James Cassidy said he liked Fairplex so much more then Los Al for stabling because it is so much closer to Santa Anita. First of all its like 8 miles closer and Los Al is an easy drive to S.A. plus the weather is so much better since its closer to the ocean, so it sounds like politics per as usual in Ca!

hi_im_god 05-25-2013 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by geeker2 (Post 929561)
Opening day on a Tuesday ?
it's a wednesday. double check your calendar. 2014.

my miss storm cat 06-27-2013 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by my miss storm cat (Post 927714)
What happens to the Hollywood Gold Cup wall and the Native Diver monument? The final resting places of Great Communicator and Landaluce, the statue of Swaps... what happens now?
Partial update...

http://www.drf.com/news/hollywood-pa...find-new-homes

Arletta 06-27-2013 03:06 PM
Maybe the Zoo will take the Flamingos :)

Rudeboyelvis 06-28-2013 11:03 AM
Any one else see a problem with running from Christmas to the 4th of July at SA, then giving the turf course 9 weeks to recover, then run the fall meet over it, THEN hosting the Breeders Cup on it?

parsixfarms 06-28-2013 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis (Post 933273)
Any one else see a problem with running from Christmas to the 4th of July at SA, then giving the turf course 9 weeks to recover, then run the fall meet over it, THEN hosting the Breeders Cup on it?
Details, details.

Kasept 06-28-2013 05:54 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis (Post 933273)
Any one else see a problem with running from Christmas to the 4th of July at SA, then giving the turf course 9 weeks to recover, then run the fall meet over it, THEN hosting the Breeders Cup on it?
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Originally Posted by parsixfarms (Post 933305)
Details, details.
Rest assured, Rick Hammerle is working on those details and expects he'll be able to engineer 'turf rest periods' at certain junctures to alleviate potential overuse.

joeydb 07-01-2013 09:52 AM
Sad to hear this.

There is an episode of Dragnet 1970 where Joe Friday narrates about Hollywood Park and how many thousands of people go there each day to try their luck.

It hasn't been that kind of track for a long time but it is sad to think that it will be physically gone and permanently deprived of any chance of improving.

SCUDSBROTHER 07-06-2013 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by hi_im_god (Post 927704)
probably my best memory of hollywood park was having seats at the finish line for the 1st breeders cup at just $15 each. they brought in temporary seating on the apron so we had to sit in the sun all day but i still can't believe how well positioned they were for that price.

i still have the program which i was wise enough to write all over so it has absolutely no value as a collectible and i can never forget the dopey bets i made.

i don't really have any particular sense of tragedy at it's closing though. i regret what it may mean for the future of socal racing overall. but i haven't set foot there since a devo concert 3 years ago so it's hard to bemoan it's passing. it never had the spot that santa anita or del mar do to most local race fans.

Yea, I don't care if they close it. Way too many 5, 6 and 7 horse races. Been saying it for a long time. That crap is not good entertainment. Enough already. Way too many obvious outcome races, too. They have no clue what entertainment is. I don't see where building condos (or whatever) there is that much worse than running all these 5,6, and 7 horse races. The area is not great, but it's not as bad as people on here are saying it is.

hi_im_god 03-09-2014 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by my miss storm cat (Post 927714)
What happens to the Hollywood Gold Cup wall and the Native Diver monument? The final resting places of Great Communicator and Landaluce, the statue of Swaps... what happens now?

The first time I ever went to the track was for the 2004 Hollywood Derby. I was awestruck and those horses were always my favorites to follow.

Inglewood or not it's a fantastic place overflowing with history. Not a great neighborhood but once you're inside the track itself it is its own world.

I'll miss going there.
http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-b...#axzz2vUK5tqYh

remains will eventually go to del mar.

fyi: don't click the link if sight of the remains will disturb you. there's a photo.

OldDog 03-10-2014 07:21 AM
LA Times photos and video
http://framework.latimes.com/2013/12...ywood-park/#/0

CBS News brief on Native Diver
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/remain...-closed-track/

Arletta 03-10-2014 08:17 AM
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Originally Posted by OldDog (Post 969064)
Still hard to believe and sad to look at, but Thank you for sharing OD.

Arletta 03-10-2014 01:21 PM
Picture of the year.

Los Angeles Times
"The Lights Go Out at Hollywood Park"
Videography- Spencer Bakalar, Bethany Mollenkof; Production- Spencer Bakalar; Executive Producer- Robert St. John

http://www.poyi.org/71/22/index.php

OldDog 03-11-2014 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Arletta (Post 969071)
Still hard to believe and sad to look at, but Thank you for sharing OD.
Not to beat . . .

but the local ABC news team is on the story, too.
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?se...les&id=9461573

I wonder, did they give as much attention to the actual closing of the track?


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