Thoroughbred Trials
Aiken, South Carolina
Aiken, The Sport Center of the South
Atlantic City
Race Course
Racing on the Turf - One of the most modern race tracks in the country, located on
the Black Horse Pike, where America's finest horses, ridden by foremost jockeys, run
during the racing meet. The track itself, with a background of forestry, is most
picturesque. (dated 1962)
Charles Town Race Track, Charles Town, W. Va.
This now popular three-quarter mile track, with its beautiful surroundings, is the home of
the Charles Town Jockey Club and is located directly along U.S. 340 on the outskirts of the
town. Two well attended meetings (May and December) are held each year. (postmarked 1945)
Churchill Downs
Dated April 30, 1936 on the back.
Race Course,
Doncaster
This is just one side of the paddock. People pay anything from 5 to 25 shillings a day on here.
The opposite side of the race track is free and thousands flock over there. Nearly all the
bookmakers are there and stalls, etc. (handwritten on the back)
Garden State Park
Garden State Park Racetrack - Scene along the racing strip at Garden State Park, one of the
country's most beautiful racetracks. Located at Cherry Hill, New Jersey, just a short
distance from Philadelphia and Camden. (postmarked 1968)
Hawthorne Race
Track
A view of Historic Hawthorne's famed mile oval from the Club House. Hawthorne Race Course,
one of the outstanding Tracks in the Chicagoland area is located at Cicero, Illinois.
(has a 2 cent stamp on it but was never mailed)
Keeneland
Race Course, Lexington, Ky.
Latonia Race
Course, Covington, Ky.
(postmarked 1924)
Saddling
Paddock, Monmouth Park Race Course, Oceanport, N.J.
Rounding the
First Turn, Narragansett Race Track, Pawtucket, R. I.
(stamped Nov. 11, 1944)
Pimlico Race
Track, Baltimore, Md.
The Pimlico Race Track is an 80 acre racing plant located at Belvedere and Park Heights
Aves. Meets are held each spring and autumn, run by the Maryland Jockey Club, which was
founded in 1830 and numbered Andrew Jackson among its members. (postmarked 1945)
Pimlico Race
Track, Baltimore, Md.
(postmarked 1935)
Rio de Janeiro Jokey
Club
(Jockey is misspelled on the card.)
Ruidoso Downs
Home of the World's Richest Horse Race the All American Futurity $600,000 (Est.)
Ruidoso Downs is one of the world's truly unique race tracks. Its story has often been
called one of the greatest success stories in the world of sports. Cradled in the rich
Ruidoso Valley, 6500' high in New Mexico's beautiful Sacremento Mountains, Ruidoso Downs
is a magnetic mountain playground to the Great Southwest. (1968)
Satatoga
Race Track showing the finish of a race, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Turf Paradise - Phoenix, Arizona
One of the world's newest and most modern thoroughbred racing plants - Winter Season
(from the early 1960's or possibly late 1950's (opened in 1956), picture was taken before
the turf course was built)
Woodbine Race
Track, Toronto
(1 cent canadian postage, maybe 1930's? This is the "old" Woodbine, which was renamed
Greenwood Racetrack when the "new" Woodbine was built in 1956. Greenwood Racetrack was
closed in 1994 and is slated for demolition, so the entire meet is now held at "new"
Woodbine)
Hydraulic
Lift Gives Stewards Clear View, Wheeling Downs, Wheeling, W. Va.
(part of a postcard folder postmarked 1958)
Round the
Club House Turn, Wheeling Downs, Wheeling, W. Va.
(part of a postcard folder postmarked 1958)
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