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Among the horses that competed at Golden Gate Fields was 1948 Triple Crown winner Citation, John Henry, Shared Belief, and come-from-behind specialist Silky Sullivan, who is buried in the track's ...
“Golden Gate Fields is a beautiful small track built into Fleming Point, it’s a natural amphitheater,” said Alan Balch, currently the executive director of the California Thoroughbred ...
Despite announcing that Golden Gate Fields was closing at the end of the year, the Stronach Group has agreed to keep the horse racing track open another six months, into the middle of 2024.. Aidan ...
The Gold Rush Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds run at Golden Gate Fields in mid-December. An ungraded stakes set at distance of one mile on Tapeta Footings, the Gold Rush currently offers a purse of $75,000. The race, named for the California Gold Rush of 1849, is a steppingstone to the $100,000 Golden Gate Derby ...
With the creation of a new turf track at Golden Gate Fields in 1972 the event was scheduled on the grass. [5] The event was held on the turf for 6 years. During this the Argentine-bred import Yvetot won the event twice in 1973 and 1974. [4] In 1978 the event was moved back to the dirt track and scheduled in February over a mile in distance. [6]
Golden Gate Fields' facilities included a one-mile (1,609 m) synthetic track and a turf course measuring 9/10 of a mile, or 7 furlongs plus 132 feet (1,448 m), stalls for 1,420 horses, a main grandstand with seating for about 8,000 customers, a clubhouse with seating for about 5,200 customers, a Turf Club with seating for about 1,500 customers ...
Northern California's first major test for horses hoping to run for the Triple Crown, the California Derby is also the main local prep race for the $200,000 El Camino Real Derby also run at Golden Gate. The California Derby has been run since 1873. At that time it was set at twelve furlongs or a mile and a half and was won by Camilla Urso.
He has previously called races at Golden Gate Fields, [2] and has also worked at Arlington Park, Fair Grounds, Turf Paradise, Lone Star Park, Retama Park, Del Mar, and the old Hollywood Park and Bay Meadows race tracks. [1] In 2019, Wrona would begin calling races at Kentucky Downs. [4]