Will the beloved Freehold handle 500k on the last day ever ?

[gh2009]

7th race handle---$60,602

[Sunmoon 1219]

430k after 7 races

[Sunmoon 1219]

550k after 9 races .

[Dingus]

Watched the last race.  Nice reminiscing by the announcer leading up to, during, and after the race.
Too bad they couldn’t handle that much every race day.

I wasn’t there today, but was there to see Red Bow Tie, my uncle’s horse, Sweet Michelle run 3rd in the Breeder’s Crown in the 90s, and his trotter, Make It Hot, win the Charles Smith Memorial in 2004.
Farewell.

[Bitter Truth]

Before the Civil War..sad.. gonna have to break out my old VHS tape from '94'
Breeder's Crown..Village Jiffy beat Riyadh. If I'm not mistaken, Bill Robinson's
son drove Riyadh. Shady Daisy won that day too.

[Sunmoon 1219]

Looks like 700 hundred today a very respectful number . Anyone taking pictures of the locks going on after the races .

[kantseeback]

Before the Civil War..sad.. gonna have to break out my old VHS tape from '94'
Breeder's Crown..Village Jiffy beat Riyadh. If I'm not mistaken, Bill Robinson's
son drove Riyadh. Shady Daisy won that day too.

Riyadh was a monster on a mile oval.

[Bitter Truth]

He was just a plain Monster. Won Battle Of Lake Erie from 7-hole on half.
Set World record in Adios elim on 5/8. Had some epic battles With Jenna's Beach Boy.
Those were the days.

[seriously]

He was just a plain Monster. Won Battle Of Lake Erie from 7-hole on half.
Set World record in Adios elim on 5/8. Had some epic battles With Jenna's Beach Boy.
Those were the days.

Those were the days!   I'll take my memories over most "progress" any day of the week. 

[moelarrythecheese]

5th race handle---$69,582   It's amazing how many people show up for a funeral.

6th race handle---$45,344

Didn’t the Sopranos have a cast member referred to as “3-5, 7-9”?

[LUCPARK]

In Chicago

Sportsman balmoral MAYWOOD

Out east freehold

All the great old tracks
Closed for  one reason or another

Terrible

[gh2009]

In Chicago

Sportsman balmoral MAYWOOD

Out east freehold

All the great old tracks
Closed for  one reason or another

Terrible

The biggest reasons are people who went to the track were mainly older people, and alot of them have died off and no one replaced them. Also, too many other alternative forms of gambling you don't have to wait 20 or 25 minutes for between races. Unless you grew up with the horses, you have little interest in betting them, that's why you don't see many younger people at the track.

[Sunmoon 1219]

True we even took road trips up to Canada same thing average age was 40+ no young folks

[oh canada]

Riyadh was a monster on a mile oval.

That little athletic fella was one of my all time favs.....he had that monster attitude and lets not forget he was on a killer program.

[ferdinand the bull]

Sad that very few historic tracks are left