Pop Culture References
- Punk rock band Rancid wrote and performed the song "GGF", about lead singer Tim Armstrong's childhood near Golden Gate Fields, on their 2000 self-titled album.
- Golden Gate fields was featured in the Rancid video "Last one to die"
- In On the Road by Jack Kerouac, Sal Paradise visits Golden Gate Fields with his friend Remi Boncœur who loses all their money before the seventh race.
- In the movie "Metro" starring Eddie Murphy and Michael Rapaport, Murphy's character is seen at Golden Gate Fields betting on a race and blaming Russel Baze for losing his money.
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