I hate to see Hollywood go, but maybe this can help California racing in the long run. Instead of having NorCal and SoCal racing they could combine the two and run a circuit that consist of Santa Anita, Golden Gate, and Del Mar. It would lead to bigger fields and I would think an increase in handle. The fair circuit could still run each summer and Fairplex could become part of the NorCal fair circuit. Los Alamitos could even get in the mix by carding more Thoroughbred races to accommodate some of the lower level claiming horses that run in NorCal now.
Of course it will never happen, I'm sure getting the two circuits to work together will be next to impossible.
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