East Bay Times

Environmental group signs deal to buy Golden Gate Fields horse track with plans to create huge new East Bay waterfront park

In a historic land conservation deal, a San Francisco environmental group has signed an agreement to purchase Golden Gate Fields, the site of a famous horse racing track from 1941 to 2024 along the ...
ABC7 San Francisco

Golden Gate Fields set to close by the end of this year, owners say

ALBANY, Calif. (KGO) -- Golden Gate Fields race track in the East Bay is set to close, owners said in a press release on its website on Sunday. The Stronach Group, which owns Golden Gate Fields, ...
ABC7

2 SoCal race tracks to see boost as Bay Area's Golden Gate Fields set to close

ALBANY, Calif. -- The Bay Area's Golden Gate Fields horse racing track is shutting down and its parent company plans to shift more resources to facilities in Southern California. The move means Santa ...
Los Angeles Times

Stronach Group to shut down Golden Gate Fields to help prop up Santa Anita racing

In a major move that will change California horse racing, The Stronach Group announced Sunday that it will cease racing at Golden Gate Fields in the Bay Area at the end of its meeting on Dec. 19. The ...
Los Angeles Times

Stronach Group surprises by saying it may extend racing at Golden Gate Fields

The Stronach Group said “there is a possibility” that it will keep Golden Gate Fields open another six months past its planned closing date in mid-December. “We will do everything we can to keep it ...
The Blood-Horse

Hard to Swallow Closure of Golden Gate Fields

Anyone looking for a dramatic snapshot of the current Thoroughbred racing economy need look no farther than this weekend at tracks bookending the North American continent. Then June 9 in Albany, Calif ...