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The track opened in 1949 for Thoroughbred flat racing. In 1953 a harness racing season was added. After 1985, only Standardbred harness racing events were run here until 2014, when Thoroughbred racing was revived. [2] The track was sold and closed in April 2018, leaving Northville Downs as the only horse racing track in Michigan. It closed in 2019.
The last horse races on the flat at DRC were run in 1998. In May 1998 Ladbroke announced the sale of Detroit Race Course. Based on the new 1996 law, which authorized betting at tracks for simulcast events, Millennium, the new owners, used the complex as a venue for viewing simulcast video racing, with associated betting, into 1999.
First run in 1950, its popularity saw the 1958 edition of the Michigan Mile And One-Eighth Handicap draw the largest crowd in the racetrack's history. [1] That 1958 race was won by E. P. Taylor's Nearctic , a future Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee and sire of the supersire Northern Dancer .
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This is a list of Michigan state parks and related protected areas under the jurisdiction or owned by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Parks and Recreation Division. A total of 104 state parks, state recreation areas and trail state parks currently exist along with eight other sites as well as 16 state harbors on the Great Lakes .
Horses are often kept inside buildings known as barns or stables, which provide shelter for the animals. These buildings are normally subdivided to provide a separate stall or box for each horse, which prevents horses injuring each other, separates horses of different genders, allows for individual care regimens such as restricted or special ...
Sports Creek Raceway was a harness racing track located on a 100-acre site near Swartz Creek, Michigan. [1] The track opened in 1986, eventually employing 100 workers on live racing days and 40 workers for simulcasting. In 2013, Sports Creek had $676,106 in live wagering and $15.3 million in simulcast wagering. [2]
Length (mi) Length (km) Counties Original railroad References Indiana-Michigan River Valley Trail 5.3 8.5 Berrien: Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway [87] [88] Kal-Haven Trail: 34.5 55.5 Kalamazoo, Van Buren: Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad [89] Kalamazoo River Valley Trail: 20.9 33.6 Kalamazoo: Grand Rapids and Indiana ...