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Old 05-25-2013, 10:07 AM
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Default Tracks you have visited

In between handicapping on this gloomy day in NJ , I was going through some information I had and decided to make a list of race tracks that I had visited. My list came to 31. I am sure many of you have been to more and it would be interesting to see.

Aqueduct
Belmont
Finger Lakes
Delaware
Saratoga
Rockingham Park
Suffolk
Meadowlands
Monmouth
Garden State
Far Hills (Steeplechase)
Atlantic City
Phila Park (Keystone)
Penn National
Pimlico
Calder
Tampa Bay
Remington
Turf Paradise
River Downs
Keeneland
Churchill Downs
Santa Anita
Fairplex
Del Mar
Hollywood Park
Hawthorne
Goodwood (UK)
Ascot (UK)
Longchamp (France)
El Comandante (Puerto Rico)

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Old 05-25-2013, 12:06 PM
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Bowie
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Old 05-25-2013, 12:59 PM
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oaklawn
delta downs
fairgrounds
louisiana downs
churchill downs
arlington
rosecroft raceway
tampa bay downs
marlboro race track! it's the prince georges equestrian center now...i think. been a while since i've been up that way.
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Old 05-25-2013, 01:22 PM
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Derby Lane.

'Nuf said.
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Old 05-25-2013, 01:35 PM
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Here is my trifecta, the Tijuana shuffle

Aqua Caliente for thoroughbreds
Aqua Caliente for Dogs
* Jai Lai fronton in Tijuana

*Giving myself a pass since there was gambling on horses there!!
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Old 05-25-2013, 02:46 PM
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I'll keep this to thoroughbred tracks, no harness:

USA
Suffolk
Penn
Philly
Aqueduct
Belmont
Saratoga
Delaware
CharlesTown
Laurel
Pimlico
Bowie
Timonium
Atlantic City
Monmouth
Garden State
Meadowlands
Birmingham
Churchill
Oaklawn
Fair Grounds
Lone Star
Retama
Remington
Blue Ribbon Downs
Will Rogers
Fair Meadows Tulsa
Trinity Meadows
Turf Paradise
Arapahoe

Europe
Longchamp
The Curragh
Baden Baden
Newmarket
Ascot
Lingfield
Folkestone
Auteuil
Mons

Probably missed a few.
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Old 05-25-2013, 02:56 PM
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Charles Town
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Old 05-25-2013, 03:08 PM
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Keeneland
Tampa Bay Downs
Churchill Downs
Del Mar
Hollywood Park
Santa Anita
Los Alamitos
Bay Meadows
Golden Gate Fields
Turfway Park

can't wait to add to this list...
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Old 05-25-2013, 03:36 PM
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60's - 70's:

Green Mountain
Narragansett
Rockingham
Parr Meadows/Suffolk Meadows (80's) - QH
Ak-Sar-Ben
Columbus
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Old 05-25-2013, 05:07 PM
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Let me be the first to include the Big T - Thistledown, and 20 or so other tracks. I grew up there and must of seen Morty at some point.
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Old 05-25-2013, 06:04 PM
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this is like the time i started discussing former lovers with a girlfriend and had to start making up names to keep up.

santa anita
hollywood park
del mar
fairplex
turf paradise
fairgrounds (technically it was for the jazz festival and not horse racing but in the spirit of my first sentence it goes on the list)
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Old 05-25-2013, 06:33 PM
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Arlington and my hometown Great Lakes Downs lol
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Old 05-25-2013, 07:32 PM
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this is like the time i started discussing former lovers with a girlfriend and had to start making up names to keep up.

santa anita
hollywood park
del mar
fairplex
turf paradise
fairgrounds (technically it was for the jazz festival and not horse racing but in the spirit of my first sentence it goes on the list)
What no Los Alamitos ?
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Old 05-25-2013, 07:48 PM
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and don't forget the old Waterford Park (or Dale Baird's Place)

Seemed like a $5 win wager could tilt the odds from 8-1 down to 5-2 in a flash.....
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Old 05-25-2013, 08:16 PM
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Spent a day at Detroit Racecourse
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Old 05-25-2013, 09:40 PM
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Suffolk
Saratoga
Churchill Downs
Keeneland
Belmont
Delaware Park
Penn National
Charles Town
Arlington
Fair Grounds
Colonial
Aqueduct
Gulfstream
Del Mar
Laurel
Pimlico
Meadowlands
Oaklawn
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Old 05-25-2013, 09:43 PM
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What no Los Alamitos ?
nope. not a big quarters or harness guy.
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Old 05-25-2013, 09:58 PM
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nope. not a big quarters or harness guy.
Hey they run some spectacular 4.5 F TB races too
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Old 05-25-2013, 10:49 PM
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Saratoga
Aqueduct
Belmont
Monmouth
Meadowlands
Atlantic City
Parx
Charles Town
Keeneland
Churchill Downs
Turfway
Gulfstream
Tampa Bay Downs
Calder
Laurel
Pimlico
Delaware
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Old 05-25-2013, 11:18 PM
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Used to work 10 min from Woodbine. Spent A LOT of time there.
Santa Anita
Tipperary (Ire)


Man.... I got to do some travelling!
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