Golden Gate Fields bows out: Storied horse track goes dark after final race this Sunday

by Tony Hicks, Bay City News June 7, 2024June 7, 2024

Horses race at Golden Gate Fields on Jan. 12, 2008. The East Bay track will end its 83-year run this Sunday — cheering animal rights activists who have fought for the facility's closure and allege there have been more than 2,000 horse fatalities since it opened in 1941. (Courtesy of Ian Ransley via Bay City News)

An animal rights group will hold a memorial protest outside Golden Gate Fields on Sunday, the Berkeley racetrack’s last scheduled day of horse racing before it closes permanently.

The vigil by the Berkeley-based animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere is meant to recognize horses killed since the track opened in 1941.

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