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Originally Posted by JohnGalt1
Didn't the Oak Tree meets at Santa Anita have its own track symbol?
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They did later on.
There's an inconsistent history on this. For instance, "Bmf" was adopted back in the 1960's or 1970's for the "Bay Meadows Fair", even though it was run at the same track as "BM" (Bay Meadows). But OTOH, it wasn't until (I think) the 2000's that the Racing Form used "SAO" rather than "SA" for the fall meeting at Santa Anita, and then eventually they went back to "SA"!
I don't really understand why the Racing Form doesn't just push back on this, and say it's their publication and they will use standard track abbreviations and will not change them for different meets. I am sure it is what their readers want.
