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As of 2013, Suffolk Downs is the only thoroughbred track operating in New England.
All that remains of the Narragansett racing plant today is the grandstand building. With the roof and seats removed, it serves as an outlet for the discount retailer Building 19. Some old artifacts, such as tote boards and stairwells that end abruptly, still remain in the old facility. Three roads, Seabiscuit Place, War Admiral Place and Whirlaway Place, now exist just north of the old grandstand where one of the parking lots once extended to, and speak to a long gone past.
Narragansett Park Drive loops through the old barn area, skirts the railroad tracks, and turns west towards where the finish line used to be.
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