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05-10-2013, 01:41 PM
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probably my best memory of hollywood park was having seats at the finish line for the 1st breeders cup at just $15 each. they brought in temporary seating on the apron so we had to sit in the sun all day but i still can't believe how well positioned they were for that price.
i still have the program which i was wise enough to write all over so it has absolutely no value as a collectible and i can never forget the dopey bets i made. i don't really have any particular sense of tragedy at it's closing though. i regret what it may mean for the future of socal racing overall. but i haven't set foot there since a devo concert 3 years ago so it's hard to bemoan it's passing. it never had the spot that santa anita or del mar do to most local race fans. 
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05-10-2013, 02:14 PM
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"To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"...Voltaire
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05-10-2013, 02:38 PM
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What happens to the Hollywood Gold Cup wall and the Native Diver monument? The final resting places of Great Communicator and Landaluce, the statue of Swaps... what happens now?
The first time I ever went to the track was for the 2004 Hollywood Derby. I was awestruck and those horses were always my favorites to follow. Inglewood or not it's a fantastic place overflowing with history. Not a great neighborhood but once you're inside the track itself it is its own world. I'll miss going there.
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05-10-2013, 11:41 PM
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This day at Hollywood Park was amazing back in 1977. We had to get there around 9am to get a seat and the place was packed. I just remember getting goosebumps as everyone was yelling Shoe, Shoe, Shoe coming down the stretch of the swaps Stakes!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFmKe4t-V8s
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06-27-2013, 03:10 PM
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http://www.drf.com/news/hollywood-pa...find-new-homes
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06-28-2013, 12:03 PM
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Any one else see a problem with running from Christmas to the 4th of July at SA, then giving the turf course 9 weeks to recover, then run the fall meet over it, THEN hosting the Breeders Cup on it?
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06-28-2013, 04:10 PM
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03-09-2014, 01:40 PM
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remains will eventually go to del mar. fyi: don't click the link if sight of the remains will disturb you. there's a photo.
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03-10-2014, 08:21 AM
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LA Times photos and video
http://framework.latimes.com/2013/12...ywood-park/#/0 CBS News brief on Native Diver http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/remain...-closed-track/
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03-10-2014, 09:17 AM
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03-10-2014, 02:21 PM
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Picture of the year.
Los Angeles Times "The Lights Go Out at Hollywood Park" Videography- Spencer Bakalar, Bethany Mollenkof; Production- Spencer Bakalar; Executive Producer- Robert St. John http://www.poyi.org/71/22/index.php
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03-11-2014, 01:26 PM
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but the local ABC news team is on the story, too. http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?se...les&id=9461573 I wonder, did they give as much attention to the actual closing of the track?
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07-06-2013, 08:49 PM
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Yea, I don't care if they close it. Way too many 5, 6 and 7 horse races. Been saying it for a long time. That crap is not good entertainment. Enough already. Way too many obvious outcome races, too. They have no clue what entertainment is. I don't see where building condos (or whatever) there is that much worse than running all these 5,6, and 7 horse races. The area is not great, but it's not as bad as people on here are saying it is.
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