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08-11-2008, 06:30 PM
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Bay Meadows auction everything going
Going, going, gone...................................
Memorabilia, tractors, fixtures, track equipment and more. Saturday, August 23 through Monday, August 25 starting at 10:00am (PST) Each Day Brochure Images More (page 2) You can sign up for a webcast, but they want a credit card for verification.
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08-11-2008, 08:35 PM
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That's pretty depressing...
 Wonder what the 1980's vintage replay equipment will bring
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08-12-2008, 11:21 PM
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Wow, viewing those photos made me feel unexpectedly melancholy (baby...
 ..)My wife grew up less than 5 miles from Bay Meadows, but had never been until she married me...and then went for the first time (since I've been called a corrupting degenerate gambler......  ..) and developed a wonderful appreciation of the place.Bay Meadows wasn't even a blip on my radar screen until I moved to California 8 years ago. I was a Cleveland guy who cut my teeth (literally....pacifier years with my Mom and Dad) at tracks that began disappearing in the 1960's. I thought I was something when I finally graduated to the ranks of Hialeah, Gulfstream (of the 70's), Churchill Downs, Belmont, Saratoga and Del Mar.....and more tracks around the country than I can name without at least a moment's thought. But anyhow, Bay Meadows surprisingly grew on me in my 8 years here. It fit like a favorite pair of old jeans, always felt warm in the paddock no matter how damp and cool the Bay Area fog, and consistently reminded that it came before 9 of our 11 revered Triple Crown Winners. And it was with us before Gone With the Wind, Casablanca and the Wizard of Oz. I may try to head over on Saturday. I believe I'd like my own three dimensional remembrance. I'm not picky. I won't think of the day as a funeral. Thank goodness I'm Irish, cuz I know all about wakes.
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08-13-2008, 10:28 AM
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I just got back from a week long vacation but I'll be doing half days at work all week so I can be there for the final week of Bay Meadows. I am going to enjoy this week and try not to be sad about it... this place has been my second home for the past several years and I'm going to miss it.
And yes, I will be bidding on some items from the track, not sure what I want yet but I'll get something.
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08-16-2008, 03:53 AM
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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. 
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08-16-2008, 10:26 AM
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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.
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