Tracks you have been to

[Fuguzzi]

My very first win as trainer was at Saratoga in a maiden, 3 year old filly, several inches of snow on the ground 2:11.1 Bert Belanger

[rainman2]

harness-georgian, mohawk, flamboro, buffalo, batavia, tioga, vernon, saratoga, plainridge, rockingham, yonkers, meadowlands, harrah's chester (now harrah's philadelphia), pocono, the meadows, pompano, northfield, and scioto.

greyhounds- palm beach kennel.

t-breds-fort erie, saratoga, hialeah, calder, and gulfstream park .

[Dingus]

Dogs- Hollywood (Florida)

Tbreds- Aqueduct, Belmont, Suffolk, Santa Anita, Fairmont, Calder, Gulfstream, Turf Paradise

Harness- Roosevelt, Yonkers, Tioga, Meadowlands, Garden State, Monticello, Freehold, Dover, Indiana State Fair, Hollywood (California), Mohawk, Pompano, Chester, Pocono, NJ Fairs at New Egypt, Scarborough

[firhill]

A few more obscure ones....

Markham Fair
Caledon
Fonner Park
Santa Rosa
Vallejo
Hamilton
Musselburgh
Manchester, NH Dogs

[SeattleSlew]

Will not repeat the myriad of tracks that I have both attended and raced at, but one racetrack trip stands out in my mind:

I was married in 1967 and for our honeymoon we went to Canada.  Being a racing buff, we wanted to make sure that we stopped at a few of the top Canadian tracks and our very first visit was to Blue Bonnets.  We made reservations and had dinner at their equivalent of the Cloud Casino (our home base).  We had a great table up front and to our absolute amazement, a lovely young woman came to our table to take our bets for us; had never seen or heard of something like that back home.  To this day, I would love to sit in the clubhouse at a racetrack and have a lovely blonde in a miniskirt take my money (no comments, please.)

[The Exporter]

Yonkers, Roosevelt, Meadowlands, Monticello, Saratoga, Vernon, Syracuse, Batavia, Northfield, Scioto, Lebanon, Bluegrass Downs, Henderson, The red mile, Meadows, Pocono, Hazle Park, Saginaw, Balmoral, Rosecroft, Liberty Bell, Freehold Cumberland Run, Red Mile, Hillsdale, Pompano and Plainridge. Dover and Harrington. Hoosier and Indiana Downs.
 Belmont, Saratoga, Finger Lakes, Blue Ribbon Downs, Turf Paradise, Keystone( Parx), Gulfstream, Calder, Hialeah, Arlington. Remington, Oaklawn and The Fair Grounds.

I am sure I am forgetting a few.

[Fuguzzi]

When you think about the condition of the facility today, consider that at Monticello in the 70s and 80s, that I witnessed and probably before then, the dining room was manned by 2 maitre' Ds in TUXEDOES, if you wanted to sit in the first 3 rows, let alone the window you had to "matter", they seated you for cash tips and it was packed, especially Sunday afternoons. The food was very good especially the boneless marinated rib eye and the chesse/fruit plate. Nether of which were on the menu. If you knew about and ordered them, you "mattered". I can still hear John Cerabino at his permanent table by the far betting windows by the glass, screaming, "FOR THE BEAN" if he looked like a winner deepstretch! Such great times/memories.

[The Exporter]

At Saratoga, Men needed a jacket and tie. Ladies, dress or skirt.

[Mohawk mac]

T-breds:
Arlington
Hawthorne
Sportsman's
Hollywood
Santa Anita (saw MSU FB coach Duffy Daugherty)
River Downs (saw Steve Cauthen as apprentice)
Jefferson Downs
Fairmount
Keeneland

Dogs:
Mobile Alabama
Whatever track was close to Disney World in 1989

Harness:
Sportsman's
Hawthorne
Maywood
Balmoral
Aurora Downs
Washington
Arlington (1977 and 1978)
East Moline Downs
Sandwich Fair
Urbana (Ill) Fair
Springfield
Indy Fair (saw Jodevin trot in 2:00 as a 2 YO.  Big deal back then)
Scioto
Big M
Garden State (saw Breeders' Crown)
Los Alamitos (quarter horses too)
Latonia (saw Pete Rose)
Wolverine
Northville

[Mohawk mac]

I forgot Red Mile.  Met Sam Bowie.

[Meadow Ford]

A zillion Harness tracks in ten states plus Canada.
A gazillion state and county fairs in five states.

[Fuguzzi]

That makes a gazillionzillion - impressive

[Mailbox Money]

Escanaba Downs in the upper peninsula of Michigan along with most of the places racing still.I still have an old t-shirt that has the slogan "SAY YA! TO THE U.P.! The place wasn't open long. It's hard to fund purses and pay bill with an average crowd of 56 people and only 30 betting! 

[theokodjak26]

When you think about the condition of the facility today, consider that at Monticello in the 70s and 80s, that I witnessed and probably before then, the dining room was manned by 2 maitre' Ds in TUXEDOES, if you wanted to sit in the first 3 rows, let alone the window you had to "matter", they seated you for cash tips and it was packed, especially Sunday afternoons. The food was very good especially the boneless marinated rib eye and the chesse/fruit plate. Nether of which were on the menu. If you knew about and ordered them, you "mattered". I can still hear John Cerabino at his permanent table by the far betting windows by the glass, screaming, "FOR THE BEAN" if he looked like a winner deepstretch! Such great times/memories.

Well I couldn’t afford all these fancy track dining rooms back them and I’m kinda glad. Because at MR they had a fabulous deli restaurant in the back of the grandstand. There they had chefs slicing some of the best corned beef, pastrami, turkey and roast beef that made great sandwiches at a reasonable price. You could eat it in the restaurant or take your food upstairs or my favorite outside with my people. I used to see Jeff Gural on the apron all the time with one of my golfing buddy’s. Back then he was screaming at drivers who he felt stiffed his C-3 pacer, just like the rest of us degenerates. He wasn’t too good at golf either but he had a very wealthy father. It wasn’t just MR that eroded to what it is today. This entire area of Sullivan County and the town of Monticello went to hell. The hotels all went out of business. It’s almost like a nuclear bomb came down on the Quickway and ended what was once a fabulous place to visit or live. What a shame.

[Fuguzzi]

You described it well and OMG that deli in the back downstairs. Remember the high pedestal chairs on platforms where you could get your shoes shined? Or that program / souvenir glass counter with the half sized mini golf pencils that said MONTICELLO RACEWAY on them? Milky Way night club all the way upstairs for after races fun - I was too young