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Pleasanton Fairgrounds Racetrack

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Pleasanton Fairgrounds Racetrack

The Pleasanton Fairgrounds Racetrack at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, California is a one-mile (1.6 km / 8-f) race track for Thoroughbred, Quarter horse and Arabian racing. Constructed in 1858 by the sons of Spaniard Don Agustín Bernal, it is the third-oldest horse racing track of it

s kind in the United States. Only the Freehold Raceway in New Jersey (oldest, which closed in 2024) and Fair Grounds Race Course in Louisiana are older. Known as the Pleasanton Trotting Park in 1876, Joseph Nevis inherited the track and took over the racetrack and built its first grandstand. In 1883, Australian millionaire Monroe Salisbury bought it for $25,000 (about 666,325 when adjusted for inflation), and renamed it the Pleasanton Stock Farm. His signature red hay gained fame for the racetrack, and Eastern United States owners began shipping their horses to Pleasanton. In 1900, H.F Anderson bought the racetrack, renaming it the Pleasanton Training Track, and improved it with the extension of the racetrack, and the addition of 200 stalls. The racetrack eventually became associated with the Alameda County Fair with the first fair being held on the grounds of the racetrack in 1912. The racetrack...

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