Beulah, River Downs the next to go...

[sdjcom]

Originally Posted by Pedigree Ann

The old Coney Island on the Ohio. Clang, Myrtlewood's great rival for Midwestern sprint honors, held the track record at 6f for years; Man o' War's champion son Crusader set the track record for 10f. Used to be a feeder track for the Old Latonia, the leading track in Kentucky until it died in the 1930s.

latonia was operating in the 1980's and then switch to turfway under new ownership

[otisotisotis]

Originally Posted by sdjcom

latonia was operating in the 1980's and then switch to turfway under new ownership

I don't believe the new Latonia (Turfway) was the same as the old. The actual city of Latonia is much closer to Cincy, but I'm no historian.

[sdjcom]

Originally Posted by otisotisotis

I don't believe the new Latonia (Turfway) was the same as the old. The actual city of Latonia is much closer to Cincy, but I'm no historian.

I'm not sure either by old latonia i know turfway now is the latonia trk that was there at least 40-50years, so if there was an old latonia in the city of latonia before this track in florence ky then i'm wrong. I just thought she was referring to where the track is now under turfway. My mistake

[otisotisotis]

Originally Posted by sdjcom

I'm not sure either by old latonia i know turfway now is the latonia trk that was there at least 40-50years, so if there was an old latonia in the city of latonia before this track in florence ky then i'm wrong. I just thought she was referring to where the track is now under turfway. My mistake

the 'old' Latonia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latonia_Race_Track

[sdjcom]

Originally Posted by otisotisotis

the 'old' Latonia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latonia_Race_Track

Thanks for the info very interesting , see i don't know everything,lol now do the same with raceland. I live about 20 miles from where it use to be. Black gold got beat at this track. thx Stan

[2MinsToPost]

Originally Posted by sdjcom

Thanks for the info very interesting , see i don't know everything,lol now do the same with raceland. I live about 20 miles from where it use to be. Black gold got beat at this track. thx Stan

Speaking of Black Gold when you walk into the Racebook at River Downs hanging on the walls at the entrance is some nice stuff framed on Black Gold, a horse who won 5 Derbies if memories serves me correct (Ohio, Ky etc etc).
Folks, Chuck Simon brought up a good point when I was talking to him at Churchill Downs this summer, a Derby favorite won a $50,000 race at River Downs that he had a horse racing in and ran second I believe by 5 lengths, Harlans Holiday. Look, River Downs is nice. It is scenic, a good atmosphere, a nice turf course etc etc. Beulah is what Beulah is. Nothing fancy or nice but gosh dangit us folks here in the Central Ohio area still appreciate what it brings for us, some live racing and plenty of simulcast. It ain't pretty to look at but you know that and don't expect anything different.

I for one will sure as heck miss betting $4,000 claimer on a cold dreary January afternoon with my fellow horse racing buddies. It is one thing to bet the horses when their is no live racing, but it is another when you are surronded by horse flesh. Atmosphere.

[sdjcom]

Originally Posted by 2MinsToPost

Speaking of Black Gold when you walk into the Racebook at River Downs hanging on the walls at the entrance is some nice stuff framed on Black Gold, a horse who won 5 Derbies if memories serves me correct (Ohio, Ky etc etc).
Folks, Chuck Simon brought up a good point when I was talking to him at Churchill Downs this summer, a Derby favorite won a $50,000 race at River Downs that he had a horse racing in and ran second I believe by 5 lengths, Harlans Holiday. Look, River Downs is nice. It is scenic, a good atmosphere, a nice turf course etc etc. Beulah is what Beulah is. Nothing fancy or nice but gosh dangit us folks here in the Central Ohio area still appreciate what it brings for us, some live racing and plenty of simulcast. It ain't pretty to look at but you know that and don't expect anything different.

I for one will sure as heck miss betting $4,000 claimer on a cold dreary January afternoon with my fellow horse racing buddies. It is one thing to bet the horses when their is no live racing, but it is another when you are surronded by horse flesh. Atmosphere.

i agree and the hotdogs and beer on hot day just sets the tone. is that little eatery just east of the track still there?

[sdjcom]

Originally Posted by 2MinsToPost

Speaking of Black Gold when you walk into the Racebook at River Downs hanging on the walls at the entrance is some nice stuff framed on Black Gold, a horse who won 5 Derbies if memories serves me correct (Ohio, Ky etc etc).
Folks, Chuck Simon brought up a good point when I was talking to him at Churchill Downs this summer, a Derby favorite won a $50,000 race at River Downs that he had a horse racing in and ran second I believe by 5 lengths, Harlans Holiday. Look, River Downs is nice. It is scenic, a good atmosphere, a nice turf course etc etc. Beulah is what Beulah is. Nothing fancy or nice but gosh dangit us folks here in the Central Ohio area still appreciate what it brings for us, some live racing and plenty of simulcast. It ain't pretty to look at but you know that and don't expect anything different.

I for one will sure as heck miss betting $4,000 claimer on a cold dreary January afternoon with my fellow horse racing buddies. It is one thing to bet the horses when their is no live racing, but it is another when you are surronded by horse flesh. Atmosphere.

another derby winner winner spend a buck won the miller high life cradle stakes as a two yr old in sept 1984 so that makes 2 derby winners who ran there that we know of.

[Pedigree Ann]

Originally Posted by sdjcom

I'm not sure either by old latonia i know turfway now is the latonia trk that was there at least 40-50years, so if there was an old latonia in the city of latonia before this track in florence ky then i'm wrong. I just thought she was referring to where the track is now under turfway. My mistake

Old Latonia was in another location; the site is now under a shopping mall. The Latonia Derby, 10f and once the top race for 3yos in Kentucky, was last run in 1937, as was the Latonia Oaks: this was just about the time that Keeneland opened and that track could be seen as the spiritual successor of Old Latonia in terms of class.

A new track which opened in the late 1950s tried to latch onto the aura of tradition and quality associated with it by reviving the name of Latonia but only managed to drag it into the dregs. So strongly did the new track devalue the name that the management group that took over in the 1980s felt they had to change the name to disassociate its racing product from what had gone on before.

[sdjcom]

Originally Posted by Pedigree Ann

Old Latonia was in another location; the site is now under a shopping mall. The Latonia Derby, 10f and once the top race for 3yos in Kentucky, was last run in 1937, as was the Latonia Oaks: this was just about the time that Keeneland opened and that track could be seen as the spiritual successor of Old Latonia in terms of class.

A new track which opened in the late 1950s tried to latch onto the aura of tradition and quality associated with it by reviving the name of Latonia but only managed to drag it into the dregs. So strongly did the new track devalue the name that the management group that took over in the 1980s felt they had to change the name to disassociate its racing product from what had gone on before.

thx for the info , see we all learn something new everyday. I did not know of the original latonia. thx Stan