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When Tracks Opened Opening its inaugural meeting on August 2, 1864, Saratoga is the oldest American race track currently operating. Pimlico. 1870, is next, followed by the New Orleans Fair Grounds, 1873, and Churchill Downs. 1875. Following is a list of major American tracks, with the years in which they opened : Track. Year. Track. Year Ak-Sar-Ben 1921 Jamaica 1903 Albuquerque 1938 Keeneland 1936 Aqueduct 1894 Lansdowne Park 1924 Arlington Park 1927 Laurel 1911 Ascot Park 1922 Lincoln Downs 1947 Atlantic City 1946 Lincoln Fields 1926 Bay Meadows 1934 Long Branch 1924 Bel Air 1937 Longacres 1933 Belmont Park 1905 Marlboro 1914 Beulah Park 1923 Mexico City 1943 Blue Bonnets 1907 Monmouth Park 1946 Bowie 1914 Narragansett Park 1934 Calgary 1925 Northampton 1943 Caliente 1929 Oaklawn Park 1904 Centennial Park ... 1950 Oriental Park 1915 Charles Town 1933 Phoenix 1938 Churchill Downs .... 1875 Pimlico 1870 Connaught Park 1913 Playfair 1935 Cranwood Park 1948 Polo Park 1925 Cumberland 1921 Pomona 1933 Dade Park 1922 Portland Meadows 1946 Del Mar 1937 Randall Park 1939 Delaware Park 1937 River Downs 1925 Detroit Park 1950 Rockingham Park 1906 Dufferin Park 1907 Santa Anita 1934 Edmonton 1925 Saratoga 1864 Exhibition Park 1920 Saskatoon 1925 Fair Grounds 1873 Silver Park 1948 Fairmount Park 1925 Sportsmans Park T1932 Fort Erie 1897 Stamford Park 1943 Garden State Park 1942 Suffolk Downs 1935 Golden Gate Fields 1940 Sunshine Park 1926 Great Barringtcn . 1940 Tanforan 1899 Gulfstream Park .1939 Thorncliffe Park 1920 Hagerstown 1929 Timonium 1887 Hamilton Canada .1892 Tropical Park 1931 Havre de Grace 1912 Washington Park 1926 Hawthorne 1891 Waterford Park .... 1951 Hazel Park 1949 Wheeling Downs .... 1937 Hialeah Park 1925 Woodbine Park ... 1881 Hollywood Park 1938 Note — Ascot Park formerly Northampton Park. Calgary formerly Victoria Park. Caliente was Agua Caliente prior to 1945. Exhibition Park formerly Hastings Park. Original Monmouth Park opened in 1870. Original Playfair opened in 1905. River Downs fomerly Coney Island. Tanforan rebuilt in 1923, 1934 and 1947.
