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Gambling and horse racing were illegal in neighboring California, as was alcohol due to Prohibition, so many wealthy Americans and Hollywood celebrities flocked to Agua Caliente. [3] An associated racetrack opened in December 1929 at a cost of $2.5 million. [1]
A horse show is an event taking place over days or weeks, comprising competitions and displays in equestrian sports. These are lists of notable horse shows by country or geographical area. Australia
The Agua Caliente Handicap is a defunct thoroughbred horse race that was once the premier event at Agua Caliente Racetrack in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, and the richest race in North America. Inaugurated in 1917 as the Coffroth Handicap, it was named in honor of James Wood Coffroth, President of the Lower California Jockey Club. [ 1 ]
This is a list of notable criminally-active street gangs operating or formerly operating in California. To be included in this list, the gang must have a Wikipedia article with references showing it is a California street gang.
A high-ranking Mexican cartel leader who faked his own death to "live a life of luxury" in California has been arrested and charged with drug trafficking, U.S. officials said Thursday.
The 2008 running was the richest non-Breeders' Cup race ever contested in California with a purse of $2,038,250. It is also the only quarter horse race in the country with a guaranteed $2,000,000 purse. Los Alamitos also offers the richest three-year-old quarter horse race in the country, the Los Alamitos Super Derby.
A 'brujo,' Spanish for male witch, uses branches to perform a cleansing in Mexico for Robert Almonte (right). Almonte, a retired U.S. lawman, who now teaches American police about Mexican cartels.
Sureños ([suˈɾe.ɲos]; Spanish for Southerners), also known as Southern United Raza, Sur 13 or Sureños X3, are groups of loosely affiliated gangs [38] that pay tribute to the Mexican Mafia while in U.S. state and federal correctional facilities.