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This is a list of currently active horse racing venues, both Thoroughbred racing and harness racing, sorted by country. In most English-speaking countries they are called "racecourses". In most English-speaking countries they are called "racecourses".
A meeting with leading Australasian harness racing officials led to a decision that the Inter Dominion Trotting Championship would be discontinued after 2012. Several new major trotting races have been created to replace the series, most notably the Great Southern Star at Melton in March, which was to be run with a one-day heat and final format.
With more than $2 million in purses, Sun Stakes Saturday is also one of the richest days in harness racing. Events throughout the day will include Open and Filly races for three-year-old pacers ...
During renovations for the 1952 season, a fire in the grandstands damaged Lincoln Fields and prevented its re-opening. The 1952–53 race meetings were once again shifted to Hawthorne Race Course. But in 1954, thoroughbred racing returned to the Crete homegrounds and Lincoln Fields celebrated its first running since 1942. [citation needed]
Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky , spider, or chariot occupied by a driver.
Yonkers Raceway & Empire City Casino, founded in 1899 as the Empire City Race Track, is a one-half-mile standardbred harness racing dirt track and slots racino located at the intersection of Central Park Avenue and Yonkers Avenue in Yonkers, New York, near the New York City border.
Vernon Downs is a horse racing track, racino and entertainment facility located in the town of Vernon in central New York, United States.The track was established in 1953 and in 1955 was the location that Adios Harry ran his "Miracle Mile".