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Originally Posted by ranchwest
Not many...
Hollywood Park... so great to see the great jockeys and trainers -- my local track at the time was Delta Downs, very few great jockeys or trainers so I was in awe at Hollywood.
Trinity Meadows... interesting place, you had to buy a membership card to purchase beer.
Evangeline Downs (sorta)... I went to the original track, then they renamed it the "New Evangeline Downs" and I went there. I haven't been since it moved to Opelousas.
I live near the former sight of Arlington Downs -- I didn't notice anyone mention it, it was before my time so I never went there. It was in the vicinity of today's entertainment area, where the Dallas Cowboys and Texas Rangers play and the amusement park and water park are.
Someone mentioned Jefferson Downs. I remember watching it from Delta. It was a bullring and they would run quite a few races over 1 1 /2 miles, sometimes over 2 miles. The view was from pretty high and I could never figure out how many laps they were going or when the last lap began. lol
Speaking of Delta, I would tell some of what I saw there, but nobody would believe me.
Mr. Stauffer, I appreciate your contributions both to this thread and to horse racing. You, sir, are a legend. And that's quite an impressive list of tracks you went to and worked at.
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First off stop with the Mr. & Legend stuff. I'm just Vic or Goof or any number of other things I've been called by my brethren on these pages.
But it's a calmer, gentler time now and I enjoy contributing to PA.
Thanks for the kind words.
