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General Harness Racing Discussion / Re: Question For Our Ohio Friends
« on: May 14, 2013, 02:41:49 PM »
The Lake County Fairgrounds in Painesville hosted the Painesville meeting, which featured pari-mutuel wagering. The Grandview meeting was raced, I believe, in the Aurora area (near today's Sea World) Northfield Park was constructed and opened in 1957 by Grandview's owner, Walter J. Michael, who wanted to build a new track where he could race his own horses from his Pickwick Farms.
I can still remember Michael and his right-hand gal, Presley Pettibone, who ran Northfield with an iron fist. Charles Alatis ran the Painesville meeting for a small group of owners.
Michael was from Bucyrus, had some very good horses, and loved to bet on them. I'm not sure if Painesville moved to the new Northfield Park right away, or a year or two later. Northfield Park was a car racing track before it was torn down and the horse racing plant was built.
I can still remember Michael and his right-hand gal, Presley Pettibone, who ran Northfield with an iron fist. Charles Alatis ran the Painesville meeting for a small group of owners.
Michael was from Bucyrus, had some very good horses, and loved to bet on them. I'm not sure if Painesville moved to the new Northfield Park right away, or a year or two later. Northfield Park was a car racing track before it was torn down and the horse racing plant was built.