Physical Attributes
The track was designed after the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York, and features a 1.125 mile dirt track. The track features chutes for seven furlong and one mile (1.6 km) races. A one mile (1.6 km) turf course was installed in 1993. The facility is 210 acres (0.85 km2) and has a 6,000 seat grandstand and 38 barns. It is the only track in the country to contain a one-mile (1.6 km) chute at a 90-degree angle by the first turn. This is because Saratoga Race Course used to have this type of chute to run one-mile (1.6 km) races, called the Wilson Chute.
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