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Originally Posted by pointman

"Technically" the first documented organized horse races in what is now the United States were in 1665 at the Newmarket Racecourse in New York on the Salisbury Plains of Long Island.

"Technically" I didn't say we had the first documented horse race in the U.S. if that was your point, pointman.
I technically only referred to Saratoga, which is considered the oldest race track in the U.S.
We are 3rd, even though the Fair Grounds was built 10 years prior to Saratoga in 1852. That was my point, pointman.

But since we are doing factoids, a good one that you pointed out.
We do have the longest stretch in the U.S., next is churchill and most people are surprised with the 3rd.