What tracks have you been to?
 

I saw this on the board of mostly negativity. It seems like a fun exercise. These are the thoroughbred and harness tracks I have been to. How about you guys?

Woodbine
Calder
Gulfstream
Hialeah
Tampa
Del mar
Santa anita
Belmont
Saratoga
Keeneland
Churchill
Red mile
Pompano
Arlington
Hawthorne
Sportsman
Balmoral
Monmouth
Meadowlands
Garden state
Atlantic city
Parx

Awuduct
Belmont
Saratoga
Roosevelt
saratoga harness
monmouth
garden state
Meadowlands
freehold
Laurel
Colonial
Delaware
Calder
Hialeah
Gulfstream
Tampa
Mass fair
Emerald
Hastings
yonkers
Monticello
Pocono
Tralee Ire
Leopardstown Ire

The board of mostly negativity :D
I will give you a PAss for that:

Fair Grounds
Evangeline Downs (old and new)
Pimlico
Keeneland
Churchill
Aqueduct
Jefferson Downs (long since closed down)
Lone Star Park

a few bush tracks in and around Cajunland Louisiana

Not enough


Arlington
Churchill
Oaklawn
Fairgrounds
Delta downs
LA. Downs
Tampa bay downs

Saratoga
Belmont
Aqueduct
Monmouth
Meadowlands
Atlantic City
Philly Park
Delaware Park
Pimlico
Bowie
Laurel
Colonial Downs
Tampa Bay
Gulfstream (old and new)
Charlestown
Churchill
Turfway Park
Keeneland
Arlington
Sam Houston
Del Mar
Santa Anita
Hollywood
Saratoga Harness
Monticello
Yonkers
Rosecroft
Pompano
The Plains (steeplechase)
Middle burg (steeplechase)
Tanglewood (steeplechase)

Last but not least
The Taj Mahal
Derby Lane :D

Aqueduct
Belmont
Saratoga
Gulf Stream
Fair Grounds
LA Downs
Churchill
Meadowlands
Monmouth
Keeneland
Arlington
Sportsman
Hawthorne
Maywood
Washington Park (as a weanling)
Hazel Park
Oak Lawn
Del Mar
Hollywood
Santa Anita

and in a bit more than 2 weeks Royal Ascot :tro:

Garden State
Atlantic City
Freehold
Liberty Bell
Saratoga
Gulf Stream
Emerald Downs
Yakima Downs
Portland Meadows
Los Alamitos
Del Mar
Hollywood
Fairgrounds
Santa Anita
Santa Rosa

and a steeplechase somewhere in Del or MD in the late 80's

Santa Anita
Del Mar
Turf Paradise
Arapahoe
Lone Star Park
Sam Houston
Louisiana Downs
Oaklawn
Fair Grounds
Gulfstream
Keeneland
Arlington
Parx
Monmouth
Belmont
Aqueduct
Saratoga
Pimlico
Meadowlands
Timonium
Saratoga Harness

Gulf Greyhound
Hollywood Greyhound

CLOSED TRACKS:
Trinity Meadows
Manor Downs
Phoenix Greyhound

International:

Ippodromo Capannelle

:tro::tro::tro:

Grew up at Centennial in Denver

Santa Anita
Churchhill
Belmont
Lone Star
Fair Grounds
Gulf Stream
Ferndale
Chantilly
Ascot

Not enough

Aqueduct
Belmont
Saratoga
Monmouth
Meadowlands
Churchill
Pimlico
Saratoga Harness

Way more I need to check off.

Arlington Park
Hawthorne
Keeneland
Churchill Downs
Del Mar
Saratoga

Belmont and Fairgrounds on a dark day

Balmoral Park - Harness

Santa Anita Park
Hollywood Park
Fairplex
Los Alamitos
Del Mar
Golden Gate Fields
Emerald Downs
Sam Houston Race Park
Lone Star Park
Stampede Park
Retama Park
Arapahoe Park
Kentucky Downs
Gulfstream Park
Calder
Wyoming Downs
Suffolk Downs
Sun Ray Park
Delta Downs

Kentucky Downs
Churchill Downs
Keeneland
Ellis Park
Turfway Park
River Downs
Arlington Park
Monmouth Park
Tampa Downs

Red Mile

Keeneland
turfway
Philly park
meadows
mountaineer
pimlico
KY downs (simulcast only)

Belmont next week and then hopefully toga

I've heard red mile is a cool spot...any truth?

Belmont
Aqueduct
Saratoga
Parx
Delaware Park
Santa Anita
Del Mar
Hollywood Park
Churchill Downs
Pimlico
Gulfstream Park
Keeneland
Lone Star
Monmouth Park
Thistle Downs
Meadowlands
Newmarket (July Course)
Sandown
The Curragh
Naas
Gowran Park

Aqua Caliente
Santa Anita
Del Mar
Hollywood Park
Los Alamitos
Fairplex
Golden Gate
Turf Paradise
Phoenix Greyhound park
Yavapai

Aqueduct
Belmont Park
Saratoga
Santa Anita Park
Atlantic City
Monmouth Park
Meadowlands
Philadelphia Park
Garden State Park
Saratoga Harness
Roosevelt Raceway
Yonkers Raceway
Parr Meadows
Tampa Bay Downs
Gulfstream Park
Hialeah Park (Thoroughbred)
Calder
The Meadows
Waterford Park
El Comandante Race Track

It is in need of a makeover, but has a certain kind of charm to it. For my first time fooling with standardbreds I enjoyed it.

Interesting to see this post re-surface. Still good to read about everyone's track experiences (some I never had the chance to visit). As some of you might know my list is rather extensive, so I won't re-post, but those interested in having a look can refer back to latest thread on this topic:http://www.derbytrail.com/forums/sho...scanman&page=4 . My posts are #79 and #80.

I have added the following tracks since:

United States
Elko County Fair
Great Falls
High Hope

Canada
Desert Park

Australia
Ararat Park
Cranbourne
Dederang
Drouin
Echuca
Gawler
Geelong
Hanging Rock
Horsham
Kyneton Park
Mansfield
Mornington
Morphetteville
Penola
Sale
Seymour
Stony Creek
Strathalbyn
Terang
Woolamai
Wangaratta
Yarra Valley

If interested here's a couple of links about my journey:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmh...eature=youtu.be
http://www.racingvictoria.net.au/ne...ng_odyssey.aspx
http://www.osoyoostimes.com/florida...-his-done-list/

What's next this year - Santa Rosa, Ferndale, and the Ely County Fair. Unless, I can find something to do over the July 4th weekend.

Hialeah
Gulfstream
Pimlico
Laurel
Aqueduct
Belmont
Hollywood
Santa Anita
Del Mar
Churchill Downs
Penn National
Meadowlands
Fairgrounds
Hipódromo de Monterrico (Lima, Peru)

Also, Parx, Chester/Harrah's Philadelphia, and Mohegan Sun/Pocono Downs, but was only at those for the casino.

--Dunbar

I'll put all the TB tracks I've been to and a (c) after the ones I've called at least one race at.

Ak-Sar-Ben (c)

Aqueduct

Arlington (c)

Bay Meadows (c)

Belmont

Blue Ribbon Downs (c)

Bowie

Cal-Fairs: Sacramento (c) Stockton (c) Pleasanton (c) Vallejo (c) Santa Rosa (c) Ferndale (c) Fresno (c)

Calder

Caliente (c)

Canterbury

Charlestown

Churchill Downs (c)

Del Mar

Detroit Race Course (c)

Fairmount Park

Fairplex (c) harness

Fort Erie

Garden State Park (c)

Golden Gate Fields (c)

Gulfstream (c)

Hastings

Hawthorne (c)

Hialeah (c)

Hollywood Park (c)

Keeneland

Laurel (c)

Lone Star (c)

Longacres

Los Alamitos

Meadowlands

Monmouth (c)

Mountaineer

North Dakota Race Park (c)

Oaklawn

Penn National

Philadelphia Park...Keystone when I was there (c)

Playfair

Pimlico

Portland Meadows

Prairie Meadows (c)

Remington

River Downs

Sam Houston (c)

Santa Anita

Suffolk

Sunland (c)

Timonium

Turf Paradise (c)

Woodlands (c)

Yakima Meadows (c)

We're shutting the buffett down in 13 minutes, gentlemen.

WTF just happened there?

http://s789.photobucket.com/user/MaT...a/dog.mp4.html

F*ck me...I forgot all about "outside pieces":wf

Three things... :)

1. Your list is astounding but I'm wondering why none of the tracks in NZ are on it (yet?).

2. I can't access any of the links you posted!

3. Would love to hear about the tracks in Belgium some day!

i didn't even realize Manor Downs had closed down. that's one of 3 tracks i've been to. also:

Delta Downs
Lone Star Park (once, for the 2004 Breeders Cup)

Fort Erie Racetrack
Woodbine Racetrack
Queen City
Aqueduct Racetrack
Belmont Park
Yonkers
Meadowlands
Churchill Downs
Buffalo Raceway
Batavia Downs
Finger Lakes Race track
El Comandate (PR)
Gulfstream Park
Commadore Downs
Erie Downs

Well I never was actually in the last two but I drove by them, they were the same place just different times, on my way to Churchill and points south

Fresno
Pocatello Downs
Solano
Campanille
Chantilly
Deauville
York
Gulfstream
Hollywood
Santa Anita
Del Mar

1 - New Zealand is at the top of my short list of countries that I haven't visited yet, but it's just not cost effective at this time. Primarily because it's difficult to put a lot of tracks together in the 3-4 week period of time that I would visit. During my last trip to Australia, I was able to visit 22 tracks in 27 days. Not so easy traveling throughout New Zealand because they bounce back an forth between the North and South Island.

2- I must have copied the links incorrectly. I doubled checked them this time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmh8...ature=youtu.be
https://www.racingvictoria.net.au/ne...g_odyssey.aspx
http://www.osoyoostimes.com/florida-...his-done-list/

3 - Belgium racing appears to be trying to make a bit of a resurgence with the re-opening of Oostende this year.. Groenendaal (very nice) and Sterrebeek (just okay) are now closed. Oostende is their nicest venue. The other is Ghlin. Apart from those two, Waregem gets one day a year when they run the Grand Steeple-Chase des Flandres.

For some reason, the links won't post as I typed them. However, they did work the second time I posted them. If you still have trouble, let me know and I'll PM them to you.

Delta Downs
Kenneland
Churchill
Sam Houston
Retama
Ruidoso

Santa Anita
Del Mar
Hollywood Park (RIP)
Bay Meadows (RIP)
Los Alamitos
Turf Paradise
Retama Park
Lone Star Park
Sam Houston
Delta Downs

First off thanks so much for the rundown on the tracks in Belgium! I really appreciate it.

LOVED the video and enjoyed reading the links....am so happy to hear you'll be doing a book (I hope you will be kind enough to sign a copy!),

You have a nice, easy going and likeable manner on camera... maybe after the book is completed you should think about pitching an idea (documentary) or raising funds and doing it yourself.

Just a thought!

Lastly whenever you do decide to go to NZ ed is the nicest guy... he's an owner and just got a job with The informant... I'm sure he'd be more than happy to answer any questions, etc. (You don't mind if I volunteer you, do you ed? :D).

Thank you again. :)

I lived in Belgium for 4 1/2 years and really enjoyed going racing there. The track in Ghlin opened about a year after I returned to the US. I lived in Ghlin and it would have been about a 15 minute walk to the track. Fortunately, I was able to visit it on a subsequent trip back to attend a wedding.

Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for taking the time to read the articles. The interviews are a lot of fun. I also did a 10 minute segment with TVN (Victoria racing) the night I visited Cranbourne (unfortunately no link for that). I really enjoyed doing the TV spots and sharing my racing experiences. Last year, I was contacted by someone with NBC Sports about doing a segment with them. To date it hasn't worked out yet, but they are still interested and the stories and number of tracks continue to grow. Who knows, maybe Kasept (Steve) will put me on the air one of these days.

During my entire visit to Victoria and South Australia, the racing community was fantastic. I met/talked with the entire spectrum of industry personnel; racecourse executives, race callers, chart writers, photo finish judges, racecourse superintendents, starters, trainers, jockeys, and stewards. All were very accommodating and went out of their way to ensure that I had access to whatever I wanted to do at the racecourse. I can't wait to return for another visit!!!

Thank you for referring me to Ed. I've read his posts about racing in New Zealand. I do plan to visit there someday and will contact him prior to.

One of the great things about this forum and others are the people I've been able to meet and share track visits with. On this forum, Gate Dancer was an exceptional host when I visited Great Falls last year. On another occasion, I met up with someone from another forum at Assiniboia Downs and likewise, he/his family were outstanding hosts.