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Sam Spear, Iconic Bay Area Racing Figure, Passes At 72

POSTED: October 25, 2021

BERKELEY, Calif. – Golden Gate Fields is saddened to learn of the passing of Bay Area media legend Sam Spear at age 72 following a...

Past The Wire

Jonathan Wong, More to Come

POSTED: June 4, 2020

We hear so many racetrack stories. Anyone who has been around this game has heard just about everything. The racetrack has always been a world...

Kentucky Derby

Justify: A Triple Crown Tainted?

POSTED: September 12, 2019

Justify: A Triple Crown Tainted? By Nick D'Agostino In light of the recent developments or perhaps allegation being the more accurate word, The Triple Crown...

Features

From Stately Affairs To Supertracks

POSTED: September 7, 2019

From Stately Affairs To Super-tracks By MB Kalinich Jerome Park (1866), Rockingham (1906), Bowie (1914), Ak-Sar-ben (1919), Beulah (1923), Longacres (1933), Atlantic City (1946) ......

Columns

Sports Betting: Good or Bad for Horse Racing?

POSTED: February 21, 2019

Editorial by Michael Valiante There is one advantage of being old. If you live long enough you truly will “have seen it all”. So when...