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    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Includes photos from Suffolk Downs, Rockingham, Raceland (Framingham), South Weymouth, Country Club (Brookline), Brockton, Myopia.]]></description>
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    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The tracks I really miss are the ones in New England that were such a huge part of my life while I majored in Suffolk Downs and minored in economics while a student at Tufts University. There was a time when there were tracks in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island and Maine. They are all gone, leaving an entire region of the country that once embraced racing without a single track ... my favorite track, maybe of all time, was Suffolk Downs. I had an affinity for a hardscrabble, blue-collar, unpretentious track nestled between oil tanks where much of the racing was conducted during the harsh New England winter. For those who prefer Saratoga, Del Mar, Santa Anita, I don't expect you to understand."]]></description>
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    <title>Portland Meadows is closing for good</title>
    <dc:date>2019-03-30T12:06:59+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.pdxmonthly.com/articles/2019/3/29/portland-meadows-is-closing-for-good</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["A call to the track confirms the 2018–19 racing season, which wrapped in February, will be its last. No one could be reached for official comment. The information filed with the city mentions an 'urban logistics facility' and 'possible land division ... in order to divide the property into a one-building-per-lot configuration.' This could mean the track will be replaced by large-scale shipping and warehouse facilities ... a scaled-down Turf Club Buffet is on the calendar for May 4 this year."]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="https://twitter.com/MaryCagePTG/status/990773424615297024">
    <title>Home track</title>
    <dc:date>2018-04-30T13:09:16+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://twitter.com/MaryCagePTG/status/990773424615297024</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The track that developed my love for racing. The track where I fell in love with (and improved at) photography. The track where I learned how to perfect polos, tack up a racehorse, tie a tongue. The track where I stood in my first win photo. My home track. Lone Star Park."]]></description>
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    <title>Railbirds are all the same, even long-lost Russian counts</title>
    <dc:date>2018-01-14T12:05:51+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["The racetrack may be the most democratic ground in America, even if there are fewer of them now."]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.thoroughbredracing.com/articles/how-chromes-brutal-pegasus-post-position-highlights-major-issue/">
    <title>How Chrome's 'brutal' Pegasus post position highlights a major issue</title>
    <dc:date>2017-07-05T13:16:43+00:00</dc:date>
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    <title>Immigrant workers at Churchill Downs fear deportation</title>
    <dc:date>2017-05-01T18:18:40+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/horseracing/2017/04/30/immigrant-workers-fear-deportation-at-churchill-downs/101123064/</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Baldemar Bahena's journey toward the American dream started as a teenager on the backside of tracks. When he left Mexico on a visa, he spoke a little English but had a knack with horses.

More than 30 years later, Bahena oversees dozens of workers as Romans' top assistant. Bahena and his wife became U.S. citizens and they settled into a four-bedroom home in Louisville. Their two teenage children are college bound.

"He's a great American success story," Romans said of his friend.

But Bahena, 49, worries the door of opportunity may be closing behind him for other immigrant workers toiling at racetracks in search of a better life for their families.

"They're good people," he said. "They're working hard all the time. They're kind of scared."

Bahena voted for Trump because of the Republican's business background, and said he holds out hope the new president will make things better.

"I tell everybody, just chill out a little bit and I think in another year or something, it'll be all right," he said. "I think he's going to change his mind because he's a real, real good businessman, and he's going to figure it out that these people are good people."]]></description>
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    <title>At Churchill Downs, immigration crackdown causes unease on the backstretch</title>
    <dc:date>2017-04-26T10:11:35+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-churchill-downs-immigration-crackdown-causes-unease-on-the-backstretch-1493138198</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["... backstretch workers are part of an ecosystem that for decades has operated on a 'Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell' policy. No one at the track could recall a raid or any other enforcement action related to immigration on the grounds themselves, but all agreed the threat is increasingly acute as they prepare for the sport’s marquee race. Trainers say they would prefer to hire legally, but faced with a deficit of American applicants or legal visa-holders, they have no choice but to accept people willing to work jobs that require long hours and pay between $10 and $15 an hour."]]></description>
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    <title>Remembering Rockingham</title>
    <dc:date>2016-09-29T13:35:23+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Rockingham was also the racetrack where my wife realized that betting on racing could be fun. We had gone there for Memorial Day weekend in 1986. My father-in-law had a horse entered in a sprint stakes Friday night and we decided to make a weekend of it."]]></description>
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    <title>An apocalyptic stroll down memory lane</title>
    <dc:date>2016-09-27T10:27:24+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/an-apocalyptic-stroll-down-memory-lane/</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["For certain, though, the best reminiscences of Rock weren’t up for sale. You could still attempt to access them by exploring long-abandoned areas of the property, although memory lane appeared as if it had been blind-sided by an apocalypse. The main one-mile oval itself was in remarkably good shape, with the compacted stone dust base of the harness track admirably fighting off the out-of-control vegetation attempting to take over from underneath the outer fence and sagging Fontana safety rail. Most of the homestretch was used as a staging area for the track’s aged fleet of vehicles, tractors, and maintenance equipment, including an equine ambulance that occupied a prime spot where the finish wire used to be. The once-lush turf course, installed in 1986 and formerly maintained like a finely manicured billiards table, was unrecognizable as a racing surface. It was so parched and dry in some locations that even weeds seemed reluctant to take root. A number of onlookers ventured out to pose for selfies in front of the decrepit tote board. The structure that was once a beacon of officialdom for countless races now seemed like a spooky, surreal shell ..."]]></description>
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    <title>Rockingham Park auction (September 24-25, 2016)</title>
    <dc:date>2016-09-10T12:53:28+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.jsjauctions.com/auctions/details/29360-79-rockingham-park-boulevard-salem-nh</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Most of the items have been removed from storage rooms and the on-site vault. Many of the photos, prints, and silks will be sold as individual lots while others will be offered in large trade lots. Ephemera and Photos: Many early framed and signed racing prints (harness and thoroughbred), early black and white harness and thoroughbred horse photos, Rockingham Fair photos (1912-1917), many framed Rockingham Motor Speedway photos, framed thoroughbred and harness winners circle photos, jockey photos to include: Eddie Arcarro, Rudy Baez, Pat Day, Stewart Elliott, Carl Gambardella, Chris and Gregg McCarron, Willie Shoemaker, Bobby Ussery, Henry Wajda and so many others, jockey silks from years past (many framed), horse blankets, boxes and boxes of early hardcover racing books and magazines to include: Set of Breeders Cup media books, annual foal publications, Sires + Dams, Blood Horse mags, newspaper scrapbooks and many, many more. Promotional Items: Many cases of Rockingham & vendor promo giveaways to include: Buttons, cups, duffle bags, glassware, hats, ice scrapers, jackets, key chains, koozies, rocking horses, totebags, umbrellas and more!]]></description>
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    <title>With siren and flashing lights, Belmont has a model alert system</title>
    <dc:date>2016-06-14T09:44:06+00:00</dc:date>
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    <title>Churchill Downs Inc. needs to reinvest in historic Fair Grounds</title>
    <dc:date>2014-03-24T23:26:44+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.nola.com/horseracing/index.ssf/2014/03/jeff_duncan_fair_grounds_colum.html</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["I don't pretend to know the answer to fixing horse racing's problems. Smarter, more experienced people than myself have tried to reverse the seemingly inexorable decline of the Sport of Kings. And certainly Louisiana horsemen and racing officials could do their part to improve the quality of racing by reducing the number of race days required for each meet and writing fewer state-bred races for each card. But I do know that CDI would not be in the racing/casino business if not for its racetrack holdings, and consequently it owes the sport, its fans and horsemen to provide the best product possible. And they're not getting that at the Fair Grounds. Far from it."]]></description>
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    <title>A helping hand into the saddle</title>
    <dc:date>2013-08-14T11:24:37+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/14/sports/a-helping-hand-into-the-saddle.html</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Rice, 55, has been around horses for 38 years and has earned his letters as an articulate racetrack anthropologist. Naturally, he is most fascinated by the jockey culture, a subset that he observed up close from Willie Shoemaker and Angel Cordero Jr. to Jerry Bailey through today’s Hall of Famers ..."]]></description>
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    <title>Hollywood Park grandstand early target for developers</title>
    <dc:date>2013-05-11T12:07:31+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.drf.com/news/hollywood-park-grandstand-early-target-developers</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["There will be simulcast wagering on the property, but details have not been finalized."]]></description>
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    <title>Guide to one and two turn track configurations</title>
    <dc:date>2013-04-30T14:28:07+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://helloracefans.com/handicapping/distance/guide-to-one-and-two-turn-track-configurations/</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><dc:subject>horseracing racetracks one-turn two-turns track-configurations reference</dc:subject>
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    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["It’s not hard to see why racetracks would contemplate getting rid of their stabling areas or pressing horsemen to foot part of the bill. Backstretches at many racetracks can occupy a hundred acres of valuable land ripe for redevelopment. In addition, there are huge costs associated with maintaining a backstretch, running from the expense of providing security to complying with increasingly strict EPA regulations over manure removal and water run-off. Barn maintenance and repair, keeping a track in shape for year-round training, and providing housing to backstretch workers employed by trainers ..."]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://issuu.com/acanthus_press/docs/racecourse_architecture">
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<item rdf:about="http://colinsghost.org/great-american-race-track-project">
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    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["... document[ing] every location in the United States that hosted thoroughbred racing from 1865 to the present."]]></description>
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    <title>Racetracks hope for boost from 'Secretariat'</title>
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<item rdf:about="http://blogs.reuters.com/summits/2010/06/15/take-me-out-to-the-racetrack/">
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    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["We asked Cross what could help ailing racetracks improve their financial performance. His answer? A little less Damon Runyon and Dick Francis, and a little more Black Stallion and National Velvet -- crossed with Field of Dreams."
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<item rdf:about="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204456604574207760991807936.html">
    <title>Where Calvin Borel learned to ride</title>
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    <link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204456604574207760991807936.html</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["[Bush] tracks, which once dotted the countryside from Louisiana to Oklahoma, are mostly gone now -- victims of changing tastes and fears of lawsuits and the law itself."]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/30768021/">
    <title>Brunker: This man thinks he can save horse racing</title>
    <dc:date>2009-05-16T05:37:48+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/30768021/</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Halsey Minor still at work on buying bankrupt Magna assets: "I talk to everybody ... and I’m hopeful that a solution can be put together that prevents tracks from being put in harm’s way. If I succeed, then obviously that will be great for the sport. And if I fail, it will not be through a lack of effort." [Mention of tech initiatives as something for later near article end.]]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.flickr.com/photos/festin2008/sets/72157606334602174/">
    <title>Old Racetracks - A set on Flickr</title>
    <dc:date>2008-10-16T01:33:16+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/festin2008/sets/72157606334602174/</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A small selection of marvelous old photos from Aqueduct, Saratoga, and Hialeah.]]></description>
<dc:subject>recread r360wire photography racetracks history</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.intothesunstudio.com/narragansettpark/index.html">
    <title>Narragansett Park</title>
    <dc:date>2008-09-09T17:52:57+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.intothesunstudio.com/narragansettpark/index.html</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Marvelous site documenting the history of Narragansett, complete with photos and postcards]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.khra.ky.gov/">
    <title>Kentucky Horse Racing Authority</title>
    <dc:date>2008-07-02T18:50:41+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.khra.ky.gov/</link>
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    <title>New York State Racing and Wagering Board</title>
    <dc:date>2008-06-10T02:48:18+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.racing.state.ny.us/about/rls.home.htm</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[New York state racing rules for reference]]></description>
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    <title>Flickr: budmeister 26.2's Photostream</title>
    <dc:date>2008-05-11T16:08:19+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://www.flickr.com/photos/budmeister/</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Photos from Belmont, Saratoga, Suffolk (by Bud)]]></description>
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    <title>Flickr: Thoroughbreds - The Current Scene</title>
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    <link>http://flickr.com/photos/easygoer/sets/72157602232401293/</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Photos of throroughbreds and races]]></description>
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    <title>Flickr: ~ RAYMOND's Photostream</title>
    <dc:date>2008-05-10T21:40:25+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://flickr.com/photos/digitalink/</link>
    <dc:creator>jnchapel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Photos from Aqueduct, Belmont, New York racing scene]]></description>
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