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Originally Posted by RunForTheRoses
My list is quite weak compared to them but:
Aqueduct
Belmont
Roosevelt Raceway (harness closed)
Parr Meadows (QH Closed)
Saratoga
Saratoga Harness
Sportsman's Park
Meadowlands
Monmouth
Atlantic City
Garden State
Freehold (Harness)
Monticello
Keystone/Phila/Parx
Delaware
Pocono Downs (Harness)
Pimlico
Del Mar
Santa Anita
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Let me echo Scanman's sentiments in his response to your post.
No one needs to be concerned or worried that "their" track visit list is "too small" or does not measure up to some of the others.
Your track visit list is a very personal thing and something to be proud of, even if only because you broke out of the mold of just visiting the nearest track to where you live. By listing all these different tracks (specifically those that are still running), I'm sure that Tom (Scanman) will agree that "we" hope to plant some seeds about some interesting tracks that many may have never considered. Regarding those that are in smaller areas and sometimes run in association with some type of agricultural fairs, I must unfortunately say that the window of opportunity to visit them to shrinking, so one should take advantage of a visit sooner rather than later.
Of all the tracks my fellow track-collecting friend Gary has visited over the years, the one that is gone now that I wish I would have been able to get on my visit list is Prescott Downs in AZ. Two other tracks that I had a small chance of visiting the last year they raced and would have delighted in having them on my list were the Marshfield Fair (MA) in 1991 and Salem (OR) in 1999. On the flip side and going from memory, I was able to get in Hollywood Park, Hialeah (running exclusively T-Breds), and Stockton for the first time on their last year of racing. Bay Meadows might also be on this list, but I'm not sure if it was the very last year they raced. (I actually attended racing during the San Mateo fair, which was held at Bay Meadows. This was considered a "lesser" race meet due to smaller purses and field sizes, so instead of Past Performance running lines showing the customary "BM", they used "Bmf".).
