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 ...

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 ...

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