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09-24-2016, 08:23 AM
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Stockton Fair
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09-24-2016, 09:03 AM
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Location: Beaverdam Virginia
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From the article:
Without Stockton, the only fairs in California with horse racing would be the Alameda County Fair, California State Fair (Sacramento), Fresno District Fair (Fresno), Humboldt County Fair (Ferndale), Los Angeles County Fair (Pomona) and Sonoma County Fair (Santa Rosa).
When did Fairplex put back racing? I thought they killed it a couple years ago.
The racing on the California Fair Circuit is contracting like crazy. I think there were about a dozen tracks in the not so distant past.
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09-24-2016, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Inner Dirt
From the article:
Without Stockton, the only fairs in California with horse racing would be the Alameda County Fair, California State Fair (Sacramento), Fresno District Fair (Fresno), Humboldt County Fair (Ferndale), Los Angeles County Fair (Pomona) and Sonoma County Fair (Santa Rosa).
When did Fairplex put back racing? I thought they killed it a couple years ago.
The racing on the California Fair Circuit is contracting like crazy. I think there were about a dozen tracks in the not so distant past.
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They moved their dates to los alamitos fall meet, like Oak Tree at Santa Anita became Oak Tree at Pleasanton, Ca.
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...-alamitos-move
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09-24-2016, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by VigorsTheGrey
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Maybe it is just me but I don't consider it racing at the fair unless it is on the fair grounds.
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09-24-2016, 11:23 AM
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Grinding at a Poker Table
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I was lucky to add Stockton to my track visit list last year.
I knew they were having problems, but did not have any idea that 2015 would be their last year of racing.
IMO the only way racing could possibly return (and I don't believe it will) is to have the dates run again at the same time as the fair.
As far as Fairplex goes, I don't see racing returning there either because they were going to remove the track (if they have not already). They still "own" the dates, so they have some revenue stream by letting someone else use them.
Santa Rosa put in a Turf course a few years back and that has been a significant benefit for them. I think I heard Pleasanton has kicked around the idea of doing this too. Golden Gate at some time in the future will probably be sold, so a few of the fairs are needed to keep racing going in Northern CA.
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09-25-2016, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Inner Dirt
From the article:
Without Stockton, the only fairs in California with horse racing would be the Alameda County Fair, California State Fair (Sacramento), Fresno District Fair (Fresno), Humboldt County Fair (Ferndale), Los Angeles County Fair (Pomona) and Sonoma County Fair (Santa Rosa).
When did Fairplex put back racing? I thought they killed it a couple years ago.
The racing on the California Fair Circuit is contracting like crazy. I think there were about a dozen tracks in the not so distant past.
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Remaining fairs:
Alameda/Pleasanton
State Fair/Sacramento
Fresno/Fresno
Humboldt/Ferndale
Sonoma/Santa Rosa
Fairs that ended their horse racing:
Orange County/Los Alamitos
Los Angeles/Fairplex
Solano/Vallejo
San Mateo/Bay Meadows
Last edited by dilanesp; 09-25-2016 at 11:36 AM.
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