The Alameda County Fair had hoped to take in horses from Golden Gate Fields and become home to a nine-month racetrack. But the fair lost $5 million in what the CEO called the "biggest disaster" of ...

There will be no horse racing this summer at the Alameda County Fair. Some fear that might affect the financial health of the ...

The Alameda County Fairgrounds is now on the hook for $5 million in losses and the fate of horse racing in Northern California is now in doubt.

Humboldt County Fair will try again to secure horse racing dates at next month’s California Horse Racing Board meeting.

The Humboldt County Fair Association reiterated its intent to again apply for horse racing dates during the August fair from ...

Horse racing at the 2025 Sonoma County Fair is canceled due to a shortage of racehorses in the region, the Sonoma County Fair Board announced in a statement Thursday.

Racehorse numbers are declining in Northern California after the closure of Golden Gate Fields in Albany and the elimination of stabling at the Alameda County Fairgrounds, the fair board said.

The closing of the Golden Gate Fields track in Albany and the end of stabling at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton contributed to the decision, fair officials said. Still, Daly said ...