Wondering why there have been a steady stream of trucks going in and out of Golden Gate Fields. The GGF website explains it all…
They have begun “construction on its new synthetic racing surface on Monday, July 23, and plans to have the installation of the Tapeta surface completed by Monday, October 15.
Golden Gate Fields will open its 2007 winter meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 7.
In 2006, the California Horse Racing Board mandated that all five of California’s major thoroughbred tracks install synthetic surfaces, which are proven to be safer for horses and riders, by Jan. 31, 2007. Earlier this month, however, the CHRB granted Bay Meadows, which is scheduled for future development, a one-year exemption from installing a synthetic surface.
Horses stabled at Golden Gate Fields will be transferred to the barn areas at Bay Meadows, Pleasanton and Vallejo. Golden Gate Fields will reopen its barn area on Friday, Oct. 12, and horses will be able to begin training on the new racing surface on Monday, Oct. 15.”
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