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Originally Posted by bigjag0716
Farewell Bay Meadows. I will admit though, the last few years of racing have not been great. I still will miss the track, though. Never will forget growing up around Bay Meadows. I will miss walking downstairs from the clubhouse to the indoor paddock. I will miss walking to the infield, I will miss the old-fashion feel of the place. I'm not too happy if they make year round racing at GGF, but I guess there is no choice. Santa Rosa will get some dates, I suppose? If so, that's not very exciting.
Man, I wish Dixon Downs had went through. I would feel alot better about Bay Meadows closing.  |
Hi
BigJag.
I've never been to the Santa Rosa meet, but I've recently talked to some old and real horse players who shared with me some nice stories about the place's history.
Apparently back 30 years ago and more it was almost like a "Saratoga" for the San Francisco urban area. Much like Saratoga is for NYC.
San Francisco bookmakers, families and kids, and general horse players would make the trek up to Santa Rosa as an annual tradition for days at a time each summer.
I had never heard that aspect of it's local history. I just knew that with the turf course it was considered to be ranked with Pleasanton as the best of the fair circuit tracks.