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Your Price: $ 36.00
Item Number: dl9
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Manufacturer: BAY MEADOWS RACE COURSE
This collectible bobblehead is 8 3/8" tall. It is a new in-the-box RUSSELL BAZE BOBBLEHEAD given away to the first 4,000 fans at the BAY MEADOWS RACE COURSE on October 21, 2006. (Bay Meadows Racetrack has now been shut down.) BAZE has passed Pincay's winning record with 9,530 win's. There is a tiny paint chip on his bowtie which must have been done in the factory.
Bay Meadows History -- Built on the site of an old airfield, Bay Meadows Racecourse was the longest continually operating thoroughbred racetrack in California, having been founded on November 13, 1934 until its closure in August 2008. The innovative William P. Kyne introduced pari-mutuel wagering, the popular Daily Double, the first all-enclosed starting gate, the totalizator board and the photo-finish camera at Bay Meadows.
The Bay Meadows Handicap is the longest continually run stakes event in California, having been started in 1937. Seabiscuit won this race twice: 1937 and 1938. The track was allowed to remain open during World War II because of its agreement to give 92% of its profits towards the war effort. The track generated more than $4 million for War Relief projects during the war years. Its ability to run during the war accounts for its status as the longest continually operating US racetrack. In 1945, the first racehorse to be transported by plane, El Lobo, was set down in the parking lot.
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