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Originally Posted by PSH
As a Bay Area resident, i went to Bay Meadows for the last time on Friday.
It was a depressing day which unfortunately is indicative of the track the last few years.... Poor quality horses, one break down and small crowds at a deteriorating race track.... Still, it did bring back a lot of memories from the times i have spent there.....
Still, i am not sad to see the old place be torn down.... Maybe i am in a minority with that viewpoint but the racing has been so bad and the place an eyesore....
PSH
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PSH, no debate here on the predominant quality of racing the last few years. To clarify, as a racing fan, I have no problem with fields of mixed quality horses. That's most of the game, most of the time.
My biggest beef with the Bay Meadows fields in recent years has been mostly on the small numbers in the vast majority of the fields. And that's no fault of the historic facility.
As to being an eyesore, I think it depends on the vantage point. The indoor paddock is a classic. The hardware on the stair rails and of the interior preceded many classic horses from times before just about all of us here were born.
I saw the beauty within....