Del Mar remains the bright spot on struggling California horse racing landscape
LOS ANGELES — As the summer comes to a close, and those who cling to the idea put all their white dresswear back in the closet, it becomes more apparent that stylish Del Mar has firmly established itself as the lone oasis in the arid California horse racing landscape.
The Stronach Group announced it is closing Golden Gate Fields, likely sometime in the middle of next year. The hope is that the horses will move south to Santa Anita to try to save the historic and picturesque track that needs to increase to four-days-a-week racing for any chance at long-term survival.
Los Alamitos, which runs a year-round quarter horse and low-quality thoroughbred meeting, still exists because
