Golden Gate Fields Horseracing

Golden Gate Fields is a 225-acre, two track, thoroughbred horseracing facility in Albany, California. Its racing seasons typically run from January to April and from November to December.

Golden Gate Fields is one of California's top racetracks and it regularly hosts many of the state's big stakes events. Among these are the Work the Crowd Handicap, Golden Gate Derby, Brown Bess Handicap, Ken Maddy Sprint, El Camino Real Derby and Berkeley Handicap.

Golden Gate Fields Facts

Main Track
• Dirt course
• One-mile oval (sandy loam)
• Width in stretch: 78 feet
• Backstretch: 75 feet
• Distance from last turn to finish: 1,000 feet
• Distance from finish line to first turn: 383 feet

Lakeside Turf Course
• Nine-tenths mile oval
• 65 feet wide throughout
• Three-sixteenths mile chute
• Maximum width, 75 feet
• Minimum width, 50 feet with movable rail

Paddock
• 225 acres

Seating Capacity
• 14,750 people (Grandstand 7,960; Club House 5,230; Turf Club 1,560)

Stable Area Capacity
• Stalls for 1,420 thoroughbreds

Golden Gate Fields Records

DIST	RECORD	HORSE	AGE	WGT	DATE
2F	:21 4/5 gd	The Money Doctor	2	118	Feb 21, 1975
4F	:47 sy	Glenbar	2	118	Mar 12, 1952
	:47	Giddy Up	2	115	Mar 25, 1952
4 1/2F	:50 1/5	Victory Found	2	117	Apr 8, 1990
5F	0:56 2/5	Valley Land	5	119	Apr 8, 1990
5 1/2F	1:02	Proudest Hour	4	114	May 30, 1986
6F	1:07:55	El Dorado Shooter	4	114	Jan 20, 2001
1M	1:33	Caros Love	4	117	Feb 13, 1988
1 1/16M	1:39 2/5	Restless Con	4	118	Jun 24, 1991
1 1/8M*	1:45	Simply Majestic	4	114	Apr 2, 1988
1 3/16M†	1:52 3/5	Fleet Bird	4	123	Oct 24, 1953
1 1/4M†	1:58 1/5	Noor	4	127	Jun 24, 1950
1 3/8	2:18 3/5	Forin Sea	5	114	Dec 15, 1990
1 1/2M	2:29 2/5	Bo Donna	4	120	Jun 8, 1979
1 3/4	2:57 1/5	Sirmark	5	103	Oct 16, 1948
2 M	3:25 4/5	Mantourist	5	117	Oct 23, 1948

Lakeside Turf Course Records

DIST	RECORD	HORSE	AGE	WGT	DATE
4 1/2F	0:50 2/5	Bonnie Nuite	5	121	May 22, 1994
5F	0:56	Black Tornado L'Natural Goldie's Goldian	5 4 4	119 114 115	May 10, 1975 May 28, 1977 May 27, 1978
7 1/2F	1:28	Struttin' George His Honor Clever Song	5 6 4	122 118 122	May 5, 1979 Apr, 25 1981 May 25, 1986
1M	1:33 2/5	Don Alberto	5	114	Mar 22, 1980
1 1/16M	1:40 2/5	Announcer	5	115	Apr 16, 1977
1 1/16M (chute start)	1:41 1/5	Gum	6	118	Apr 11, 1992
1 1/8M (chute start)	1:47.71	Blues Traveller	4	112	May 14, 1994
1 3/8M	2:13	John Henery	9	125	May 6, 1984
1 1/2M	2:27 2/5	Silveyville Kings Island Val Danseur	6 4 6	121 116 119	Jun 10, 1984 Jun 9, 1985 Jun 8, 1986
1 7/8	3:12 1/5	Paired And Painted	4	114	Jun 28, 1987
2 miles (Chute Start)	3:25 3/5	Never-Rust	8	114	Jun 26, 1988
2 3/8 miles	4:10 4/5	Situada	7	115	Jun 25, 1990

Golden Gate Fields History

1941 - The gates opened for the first time on February 1.

1977 - On arch 5, a modern day on-track attendance record for the Bay Area was set as 26,108 fans turned out to see riding sensation, Steve Cauthen, make his local debut aboard Make Amends.

1980 - On February 7, the track introduced one-window wagering through the American Tote 300.

1981 - On May 10, after an eight-year absence, Sunday racing returned to Northern California.

1988 - On May 7, Northern California attendance and handle records fell as on-track and satellite crowds totaled 34,408 and wagering $5,715,683.

1992 - On April 16, Russell Baze established a Northern Californiarecord for most victories on a single card. On June 10, Russell Baze set a Golden Gate Fields record for most wins in a meet with his 165th victory.

1995 - On May 6, the track eclipsed the $7 million mark in handle for the first time in Northern California history. A total of $7,093,420 was wagered at Golden Gate and its satellite facilities.

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