The Bronze Buckaroo Welcomes
The Grandstand Facade
Del Mar Fairgrounds / Race Track
"Where The Surf Meets The Turf"
We spent Sunday attending an Art Show at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. The Mission style facility has been very well maintained. Bing Crosby, Jimmy Durante, and Charles Howard with one other partner built the facility in 1937.
It was Charles Howard's horse "Seabiscuit" that gave the race track the early fame it enjoyed winning the $25,000.00 "winner take all race" in 1938. In the early 1940's it was the playground for the rich and famous from Hollywood. One can actually see the ocean from the fairgrounds and today continues with the slogan "where the surf meets the turf".
It was Charles Howard's horse "Seabiscuit" that gave the race track the early fame it enjoyed winning the $25,000.00 "winner take all race" in 1938. In the early 1940's it was the playground for the rich and famous from Hollywood. One can actually see the ocean from the fairgrounds and today continues with the slogan "where the surf meets the turf".
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