Live thoroughbred horse racing will not return to the California State Fair in 2025, Cal Expo officials announced Friday, ending a tradition that dates back more than 170 years. “With the ...

SACRAMENTO — In what will be a first at the California State Fair, thoroughbred horse racing at Cal Expo has been suspended in 2025. Cal Expo CEO Tom Martinez announced that he would make the ...

(KSEE/KGPE) – The Big Fresno Fair may soon be without one of its most popular events – horse racing. The board that organizes horse racing at fairs across the state, known as the California ...

Not all California fairs have continued to pursue horse racing this year after CARF announced it wouldn’t be requesting dates. The California State Fair in Sacramento and the Alameda County Fair ...

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 ...

trainers and support workers out of state and to Southern California facilities, prompted the decision, officials said. “Live horse racing has been a valued part of the Sonoma County Fair since ...

There will be no horse racing this summer at the Alameda County Fair. Some fear that might affect the financial health of the overall fair. The horse racing board chair said he didn't feel that ...