Starting Gate at Suffolk Downs. East Boston, Massachusetts, 2004
Suffolk Downs, a thoroughbredrace track in East Boston, Massachusetts opened in 1935. Famous horses that have raced at this track include Seabiscuit, Whirlaway and Cigar. The MassCap is held here. The Thoroughbred is a horse breed developed in 18th century England when English mares were bred with imported Arabian stallions to create a distance racer. ... A race track (or racetrack), is a purpose-built facility for the conducting of races. ... East Boston is a gritty blue-collar neighborhood that is separated from the rest of the city of Boston by Boston Harbor and bordered by Winthrop, Revere, and the Chelsea Creek. ... Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933—May 17, 1947) was a champion thoroughbred race horse in the United States. ... Whirlaway (1938-1959) was a champion thoroughbred racehorse. ... Cigar, born April 18, 1990 at Country Life Farm near Bel Air, Maryland, is a Hall of Fame thoroughbred racehorse. ...
Suffolk (pronounced /sʌfək/) is a large historic and modern non-metropolitan county in the East Anglia region of eastern England.
Suffolk was part of the kingdom of East Anglia which was settled by the Angles in the 5th century.
Suffolk encompasses one of the most ancient regions of the UK: A monastery in Bury St. Edmunds founded in 630AD, plotting of Magna Carta in 1215; the oldest documented structural element of a still inhabited dwelling in Britain found in Clare.
SuffolkDowns is awarded split-meet dates by the Massachusetts legislature for 1992 and a three-year contractual circuit agreement is reached with neighboring Rockingham Park.
At the helm of SuffolkDowns since 1992 when he bought the track back from a two-year closure, his position on the board is succeeded by his wife, Patricia.
SuffolkDowns hosts Rudy Baez Day, the first public appearance by the legendary jockey since a tragic accident at Rockingham Park on August 4, 1999 left him paralyzed from the waist down.
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