After 83 years, Sunday is the last day of racing at Golden Gate Fields. The track will be missed for its inclusiveness and place in California racing history.
Of all the great racehorses who have run in California, few had the magic attached to their reputation like Silky Sullivan. He was known for his come-from-the-clouds racing style, making up unfathomable amounts of distance in the last part of the race and usually making it to the finish line first.
Nobody could make a strong business case for keeping the track open. It needed a new synthetic racing surface and many improvements to the infrastructure, all with declining revenue. Stronach executives, at times, told stakeholders the track was making money, while the opposite was true. They told the California Horse Racing Board that losses over the last 10 years have been $30 million. The track was originally supposed to close at the end of last year.
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