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The track opened in 1949 for Thoroughbred flat racing. In 1953 a harness racing season was added. After 1985, only Standardbred harness racing events were run here until 2014, when Thoroughbred racing was revived. [2] The track was sold and closed in April 2018, leaving Northville Downs as the only horse racing track in Michigan. It closed in 2019.
The Detroit Race Course was a complex in Livonia, Michigan, a suburb northwest of Detroit and part of the metropolitan area. It consisted of a regulation racing track and associated stables for horses, and facilities for trainers, exercise workers, and jockeys. It was opened in 1950 primarily as a venue for racing thoroughbreds.
Pinnacle Race Course was a thoroughbred horse racing track in Huron Township, Michigan, southwest of Detroit off of Interstate 275. [1] The track was just south of the Detroit Metro Airport, in Wayne County. The track was built on land owned by Wayne County, and the county lost $36 million when it failed. [1]
In the United States, the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, commonly known as the Triple Crown, is a series of horse races for three-year-old Thoroughbreds, consisting of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes. The three races were inaugurated in different years, the last being the Kentucky Derby in 1875.
Great Lakes Downs was a 5/8 mile horse racing track located near Fruitport, Muskegon County, Michigan. The facility, originally known as Muskegon Race Course, hosted thoroughbred horse racing events for several years after a major renovation in 1999. [1]
NASCAR Cup Series at Brooklyn, Michigan schedule Green Flag Time: 2:30 p.m. ET Sunday, August 18 Track: Michigan International Speedway (2 miles oval) in Brooklyn, Michigan
The Grand Slam of Thoroughbred racing is an informal name for winning four major Thoroughbred horse races in one season in the United States. The term has been applied to two configurations of races, both of which include the races of the Triple Crown —the Kentucky Derby , Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes —and either the Travers Stakes ...
Other tracks offer Quarter Horse racing and Standardbred horse racing, or combinations of these three types of racing surfaces. Racing with other breeds, such as Arabian horse racing, is found on a limited basis. American Thoroughbred races are run at a wide variety of distances, most commonly from 5 to 12 furlongs (0.63 to 1.50 mi; 1.0 to 2.4 km).