Horses leave the starting gate for a race at Golden Gate Fields in Albany on Aug. 16, 2009. The track's owner said Sunday that racing will end at the track at the conclusion of the current season. (Josh S. Jackson/Flickr, CC BY-NC)

The Golden Gate Fields horse racing track in Albany has suspended all racing activities due to the novel coronavirus pandemic after being contacted by the Alameda County Public Health Officer.

The track has been closed to the public since mid-March but was still running races that people could watch and bet on remotely. That all changed this past Thursday.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.