Fair Hill Training Center
There are two race tracks: a mile dirt track and a 7/8-mile track with an artificial surface (Tapeta). The campus also includes 3,000 acres (12 km) of grasslands and woods which can be used by trainers who wish to take their horses out on trails.
Location
Fair Hill is close to many racetracks, including Delaware Park, Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course (Maryland), Parx Racing and Penn National Race Course (Pennsylvania), Monmouth Park Racetrack and the Meadowlands Racetrack (New Jersey), Aqueduct Racetrack and Belmont Park (New York), and Charles Town Races (West Virginia).
Major successes
Fair Hill's grade one successes include the Kentucky Derby (Barbaro, Animal Kingdom), the Breeders' Cup Turf (Better Talk Now), Breeders' Cup Distaff (Round Pond), the Arlington Million (Kicken Kris), the Barbaro Stakes at Delaware Park (Xchanger) and (Chelokee), and the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (Film Maker).
References
- Fair Hill Training Center (official site)
- Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area, State of Maryland, Department of Natural Resources website
- Fair Hill Training Center Photography by Jim Coarse
- Fair Hill AlexBrownRacing