What tracks have you been to?
 

What tracks have you been to, and what order would you rank them in?

Here's my list, from most enjoyable to least.

Mountaineer-I wish I was closer. I love sitting outside in the cushion sits on the apron.

Mahoning Valley- I had fun, a little small but enjoyable.

Colonial Downs- Too bad it closed, they tried really hard with promotions etc to get people there.

Timonium- Loved the bullring.

Thistledown- Went there to watch my horse run. Nice people.

Penn National- Restaurant is good, good drinks.

Laurel- Lots of places to walk up and get food, lots cleaner than it used to be.

Pimlico- Overall good experience.

Delaware- Fun place.

Charles Town- Lots of good times here, but so much could be better.

Calder- Okay, this place was kinda scary!

Del Mar- Hated it! It cost us almost $50 by the time we parked, got a program and DRF, and two really bad seats. We stayed 4 races and left.

1. Belmont
2. Aqueduct
3. Parx
4. Saratoga

In that order for me - I'd love to visit more.

1: Aksarben
2: Chuchill
3: Del-Mar
4: Santa Anita
5: Oaklawn
6: Delta Downs
7: Fonner Park

1. Delmar (Eye Candy):headbanger:
2. Ascot
3. Santa Anita
4. Belmont
5. Churchill Downs
6. Riccarton (New Zealand)
7. Pimlico
8. Meadowlands
9. Los Alamitos
10. Freehold
11. Hollywood Park
12. Golden Gate
13. Bay Meadows
14. Pomona
15. Fair Grounds
16. Monmouth
17. Prairie Meadows

I know there are more but I can't remember them right now.

1. Longacres (closed) Still pissed they closed it. Most of the land is still vacant

2. Kenilworth Racecourse (SA) - found out I was from the States & going to be in Cape Town awhile. Gave my wife & I club house passes for a week.

3. Flemington Racecourse (Aus)

4. Hollywood Park (deceased) - Love Hollywood. Close to LAX, so when I went to LA for work.. always managed a little stopover

5. Del Mar

6. Santa Anita

7. Belmont

8. Arlington Park

9. Monmouth Park - Breeders Cup with the Sopranos.

10.Golden Gate

11.Aqueduct - Winter meet & damn was it cold

12.Prescott Downs (closed)

13.Bamako Hippodrome (Mali) - Tear gas & riot. Good fun

14.Turf Paradise

14.Rillito Park

16.Los Alamitos - no matter how low you are, there is always someone lower... & they are @ LA

17.Yakima Meadows (closed)

18.Portland Meadows.

19.Emerald Downs - Soulless place built way outside of Seattle with no Turf!

Suffolk Downs

Rockingham Park

Foxboro

Lincoln Park

Narragansett

Tampa Bay Downs

Gulfstream

Saratoga

Been to about 60 around the world (most in the US but about 10 elsewhere)

Top 5:

1) Saratoga - majestic and historic

2) Arlington - home track, nicest facility anywhere I have seen

3) Sha Tin (Hong Kong) - just a different experience

4) Goodwood (GB) - nice track - not an 'oval' Fun day.

T5) Santa Anita and Del Mar - both are nice in their own way


Worst dumps that still race:
Suffolk (at least as of a few years ago) but is 2d to the worst dump I have been in ... Pimlico. Yuck (at least when I was there many years ago)

Aqueduct
Belmont
Saratoga
Liberty Bell
Parx
Penn National
Commodore Downs
Pocono Downs
Green Mountain
Marshfield Fair
Northampton Fair
Great Barrington Fair
Rockingham
Narragansett
Delaware Park
Monmouth Park
Atl City
Garden St. (both tracks)
Meadowlands (both tracks)
Pimlico
Laurel
Timonium
Colonial Downs
Tampa Bay Downs (& Florida Downs)
Gulfstream Park
Tulsa Fair
Turf Paradise
Hollywood Park
Emerald Downs
Canterbury Downs (not for racing)
Thistledown
Mountaineer
Charles Town
Detroit Race Course
Fairmount Park
Fair Grounds
Ft. Erie
Woodbine
Churchill Downs

That's all I can remember. Plus many harness and greyhound tracks as well as Jai Alai frontons.

Finger Lakes
Saratoga
Penn National
Keystone (at that time)
Pimlico
Laurel
Erie Downs
Detroit Racecourse
Batavia Downs
Liberty Bell
Woodbine
Fort Erie
Delaware PArk

I've added a few since the last time there was a thread like this

Arlington
Hawthorne
Sportsman's (closed)
Turf Paradise
Canterbury
Calder (now Gulfstream West)
Hialeah (quarter horses?)
Oaklawn
Turfway
Churchill
Keeneland
Beulah (closed)
Bay Meadows (closed)
Saratoga
Hoosier (now harness only)
Indiana Downs/Grand
Gulfstream (newer version)
Los Alamitos
Pleasanton
Golden Gate Fields

Wow...that's quite the list...very cool.

My (short) list:

Del Mar
Santa Anita
Lone Star
Oaklawn
Delta Downs
Remington
Sam Houston
Sunland
Ruidoso
Retama
Trinity Meadows (closed now and about to be demolished but first track I went to)

In the Chicago area:
Arlington (Both the old and the new)
Hawthorne
Sportsmans (now closed and demolished)
Washington Park (also closed and demolished)
Maywood Park (which is not in Maywood, but Melrose Park
Aurora Downs (long, long gone)
Balmoral Park.

Outside the Chicago area:
The Red Mile
Quad City Downs
Oaklawn
Turf Paradise
Santa Anita
Bay Meadows.
Buffalo Raceway
Finger Lakes
Churchill Downs
Keeneland (but there was no live racing either of the Times I was there}
Saratoga (But again, there was no live racing and I only drove by)
Monticello
Pimlico
Belmont
and Historic Track in Goshen.

Del Mar
Lone Star
Gulfstream
Oaklawn
Remington
Louisiana Downs
Calder
Evangeline
Delta
Thistledown

Thoroughbred/QH

Three County Fair (Closed)
Marshfield Fair (Closed)
Brockton Fair
Great Barrington Fair (Closed)
Suffolk Downs
Saratoga Race Course
Belmont Park
Aqueduct Racetrack
Meadowlands
Monmouth Park
Atlantic City (Closed)
Philadelphia Park
Penn National
Mahoning Valley Race Course
Charles Town
Fair Hill MD
Delaware Park
Brown County Fair SD
Eureka KS (Closed)
Anthony Downs KS (Closed)
Lincoln NE
Fair Meadows OK
Arapahoe Park
Gateway Downs CO (Closed)
Western Montana Fair
Marias Fair MT
Yellowstone Downs MT
Miles City MT
Northwest Montana Fair MT
Les Bois ID
Pocatello Downs ID
Sandy Downs ID
Eastern Idaho Fair
Jerome County Fair ID
Rupert Downs ID
Oneida County Fair ID
Wyoming Downs
Energy Downs WY
Elko County Fair NV
Humboldt County Fair NV
Walla Walla WA
Playfair Racecourse (Closed)
Dayton WA
Waitsburg WA
Mohave County Fair AZ (Closed)
Apache County Fair AZ
Cochise County Fair AZ
Gila County Fair AZ
Yuma County Fair AZ (Closed)
Greenlee County Fair AZ
Graham County Fair AZ
Santa Cruz County Fair AZ
Flagstaff AZ
Turf Paradise AZ
Bay Meadows (Closed)
Humboldt County Fair CA
California State Fair CA
Santa Rosa
Tilamook County Fair OR
Harney County Fair OR
Crooked River Roundup OR
Grants Pass
Evergreen Park AB CA
Lethbridge AB CA
Stampede Park AB CA (Closed)
Northlands Park AB CA
Ajax Downs ON CA
Scottsville Racecourse South Africa
Presidente Remon Panama
Hippodrome de Carrere Martinique, France
Hippodrome d’Auteuil France
Hippodrome de Saint-Cloud
Hippodrome de Maisons-Laffitte France
Hippodrome de Longchamp France
Garrison Savannah Barbados

Harness Tracks

Rochester Fair NH
Vermont State Fair
Saratoga Raceway
Monticello Raceway
Yonkers Raceway
Goshen
Ocean Downs
Dover Downs
Harrington
Hippodrome de Vincennes France