Hollywood Park demolished

[horses4courses]

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Omen bet of the century? On the day the Hollywood Park grandstand is razed, Bye Bye Hollywood wins at Mountaineer to the tune of $48.20.

[codysakic]

Originally Posted by iceknight

Sad.

also, who does implosions at 6am Sunday morning? I hope there were no residential districts near by

Uh, it's in Inglewood CA. Not exactly the safest place on earth. I'm sure the people there are used to sounds like that in their neighborhood. I went a couple years back and it wasn't anyplace I would like to be at night.

[tubesockshakur]

Originally Posted by horses4courses

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that's crazy, to me it's very sad being from Los Angeles you went to santa Anita and Hollywood ... Hollywood was legendary, first breeders cup , first pick 6 wager, now we race at Los al

[horses4courses]

Originally Posted by tubesockshakur

that's crazy, to me it's very sad being from Los Angeles you went to santa Anita and Hollywood ... Hollywood was legendary, first breeders cup , first pick 6 wager, now we race at Los al

Absolutely, it's sad.
I feel most sorry for those who lost jobs.

[SandyW]

Today will go down in history as a very dark day in horse racing.
As long as the track still stood there was hope that maybe it would be brought back, now all hope is gone. What a tragedy.

[nijinski]

Originally Posted by whodoyoulike

Lately, I've been seeing posts from my early days. Flying Paster was very fast and I believe a very good sire.

Do you remember a speedster by the name of Cherry River?

No I don't recall him but I looked him up and he raced until
he was about 10 .
I was still fairly new with racing and kept up mostly local east coast
until I worked in what they called back then "livestock insurance ".
California wasn't one of the states we could write in though .
Flying Paster , I'll always remember , having seen him and bet on him
first time out off his workouts . A very nice Cal bred .

[whodoyoulike]

Originally Posted by nijinski

No I don't recall him but I looked him up and he raced until
he was about 10 .
I was still fairly new with racing and kept up mostly local east coast
until I worked in what they called back then "livestock insurance ".
California wasn't one of the states we could write in though .
Flying Paster , I'll always remember , having seen him and bet on him
first time out off his workouts . A very nice Cal bred .

I know. I used to follow him and his offspring. His offspring used to win similar to the way Bertrando and Candy Ride's in recent years.

One of the reasons I remember Cherry River was his speed or it could be my faulty memory. As I've noted, a lot of names have been popping up lately bringing back fond memories past.

[AndyC]

Originally Posted by whodoyoulike

One of the reasons I remember Cherry River was his speed or it could be my faulty memory. As I've noted, a lot of names have been popping up lately bringing back fond memories past.

Your memory is correct. Cherry River was one of my favorites along with Pataha Prince and King of Cricket from the 70s. I believe Doug Oliver trained Cherry River.

[theiman]

Originally Posted by iceknight

Sad.

also, who does implosions at 6am Sunday morning? I hope there were no residential districts near by

They did the implosion at 6am Sunday morning, because there were no scheduled incoming flights to LAX at that time. HP sits directly between the two major runways for LAX. Cant imagine the panic on the planes if while landing you saw the dynamite flashes, the building imploding and the dust clouds rising. Neighborhood was well informed of events and time.

[highnote]

Originally Posted by iceknight

Sad.

also, who does implosions at 6am Sunday morning? I hope there were no residential districts near by

I thought the same thing. Probably wanted as few people around as possible. You'd think there would be shrapnel flying everywhere!

[Wickel]

One of my faves. Very sad.

[v j stauffer]

Originally Posted by AndyC

Your memory is correct. Cherry River was one of my favorites along with Pataha Prince and King of Cricket from the 70s. I believe Doug Oliver trained Cherry River.

That's correct. Cherry River was trained by Doug Oliver. Doug was based at the track in Denver which was then called Centennial.

I'm pretty sure Cherry River won the Bing Crosby one year at Del Mar. He was from a wonderful golden age of sprinters who were around at that time.

Names like. Maheras, Lonetree, Bad N Big and Sure Fire. Sure Fire was the fastest TB I'd ever seen. Fastest until the emergence of the immortal Chinook Pass who IMO was the fastest TB that ever lived.

[whodoyoulike]

Originally Posted by v j stauffer

That's correct. Cherry River was trained by Doug Oliver. Doug was based at the track in Denver which was then called Centennial.

I'm pretty sure Cherry River won the Bing Crosby one year at Del Mar. He was from a wonderful golden age of sprinters who were around at that time.

Names like. Maheras, Lonetree, Bad N Big and Sure Fire. Sure Fire was the fastest TB I'd ever seen. Fastest until the emergence of the immortal Chinook Pass who IMO was the fastest TB that ever lived.

Thanks for the info.

HP will always be a special place for me. I saw it during a time when there were a lot of on track fans. I was learning and really didn't appreciate I was seeing the legends (trainers, jockeys and horses). I know you were there at the end. I'm kind of sad I wasn't able to see the closing. Back then even the neighborhood had character as long as you left before night fall.

[AndyC]

Originally Posted by v j stauffer

That's correct. Cherry River was trained by Doug Oliver. Doug was based at the track in Denver which was then called Centennial.

I'm pretty sure Cherry River won the Bing Crosby one year at Del Mar. He was from a wonderful golden age of sprinters who were around at that time.

Names like. Maheras, Lonetree, Bad N Big and Sure Fire. Sure Fire was the fastest TB I'd ever seen. Fastest until the emergence of the immortal Chinook Pass who IMO was the fastest TB that ever lived.

Cherry River won the Crosby 2 years in a row.

[thespaah]

Originally Posted by highnote

I thought the same thing. Probably wanted as few people around as possible. You'd think there would be shrapnel flying everywhere!

Nope..NO shrapnel....Demo companies that use explosives have procedures in place to limit the possibility of debris flying off the demo site