Golden Gate Fields Closes After 83 Years...

[Heim]

Ahhh....the memories of Ron Hansen manipulating a race or Russell Baze stiffing a horse out of the gate.

Home of Silky Sullivan and the track Shoemaker got his start....

 

[Valuist]

Great location, right on the bay. Can't believe the only tracks left in the Bay Area are the fair tracks Pleasanton and Santa Rosa.

 

[jasson621]

Saw the very good mare Brown Bess race there before she reached her peak in her 7-8 year old seasons.

 

[fifty cint]

Golden Gate the home of the 5 horse field....RIP Would have liked to check it out

 

[John Kelly]

Golden Gate Fields is the punch line for one of my favorite racetrack jokes.

Horse trainer at Santa Anita says to a disgruntled owner of a mediocre racehorse, "Your horse needs more distance."

The owner asks, "What do you think, a mile or a mile-and-a-sixteenth?"

The trainer says, "Your horse needs to travel about 380 miles...to Golden Gate Fields."

 

[Viejo Dinosaur]

Many great times at Bay Meadows and Golden Gate Fields…once operated a book two blocks from Bay Meadows for the Cigar…early 90s

 

[Wade]

I wonder why they closed down?

 

[jimmythegreek]

The declining industry and evolving away from horse racing making profits had a lot to do with the compression to Santa Anita.

 

[jasson621]

I wonder why they closed down?

No slot welfare

20% or higher take out

Shit product

 

[sharky99]

Wasn't aware they were closing RIP