About Pleasanton Race Track

With its establishment dating back to the mid-19th century,Pleasanton Race Track stands as the oldest horse racing track in America. Today, the track is part of the Alameda County Fairgrounds. The three-week meet features thoroughbred, quarter horse, and Arabian races and serves as one of the stops on the colorful California Fairs racing circuit. Pleasanton stages a handful of stakes races, with the Oak Tree Handicap and Oak Tree Distaff representing the biggest of these by offering a purse of $100,000 each.
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Pleasanton Track History

Augustin Bernal constructed Pleasanton Race Track in 1858, making it the oldest surviving horse racing track in the country today. Originally serving as a training track for the horses of local Spaniards, Pleasanton received its first grandstand in 1876 after Joseph Nevis purchased the venue. The track hosted the Golden Gate Fair in 1902 and the Pleasanton Fair and Races in 1904. The first modern Alameda County Fair took place here in 1912.
California legalized parimutuel horse race betting in 1933, and mutuel wagering began at Pleasanton six years later. Two years after that, the track set a national record for average daily handle during its nine-day meet.
Pleasanton closed for three years during World War II, but the post-war era saw numerous developments at the track. The modern grandstand replaced the old wooden one in 1963, a nine-hole golf course supplanted the venue's inner racecourse in 1975, and a simulcast horse race betting facility opened in 1991. In recent years, Pleasanton's owners renovated the Palm Pavilion, which serves up highly-regarded cuisine to patrons and commanding views over the track and its thrilling clubhouse turn.

Pleasanton Track Details

Pleasanton Race Track features a one-mile oval with one chute at 2 furlongs and the other at 6 furlongs. The homestretch measures 1,085-feet long and 60-feet wide. The grandstand seats about 6,700 spectators. The track sits on the 267-acre Alameda County Fairgrounds, which feature expansive grassy areas and hundreds of trees. In addition to putting on live racing, Pleasanton Race Track offers a simulcasting facility where fans can partake in horse race betting at tracks around the country.

Address

4501 Pleasanton Avenue, Pleasanton, CA 94566