After Golden Gate Fields ran its last race on June 9, 2024, there was plenty of business that still had to be dealt with, and it went beyond the mundane tasks of selling such items as the pots and ...

PLEASANTON — Timothy Bellasis wears a black and blue bruise on his left hip after recently being kicked by a horse. It’s the ...

Finding enough horses in the absence of Golden Gate Fields and the traditional Northern California fair circuit poses a ...

Ranger Amanda Barrows leads a detail across 220 parks in San Francisco to help homeless people get the help they need.

For about two weeks every February, San Francisco is privy to a breathtaking sight: the peak bloom of Golden Gate Park’s ...

But handicappers, by following several criteria, are learning how to tell if arrivals from Northern California can compete here ...

Humboldt County Fair in Ferndale exploring whether racing is feasible while the Sonoma County Fair in Santa Rosa voted to ...

With the end of racing the agreement to stable nearly 500 horses at the fairground is scheduled to terminate on March 25. As ...

In a move that likely will bring an end to a storied racing history in Northern California, The Stronach Group announced July 16 that it will close Golden Gate Fields at the end of the 2023 racing ...

All bonuses that are part of the California-bred Incentive Program will continue to be paid to qualifying horses that race in the upcoming Golden Gate Fields meet, said Doug Burge, president of ...

No dates are sought for small northern tracks after the June closure of Golden Gate Fields and the recent failure of ...

The implosion started when Golden Gate Fields, in the San Francisco Bay Area, was closed in June, and continued when Pleasanton, in the East Bay, failed in its attempt at a stand-alone meet in the ...