They’re racing! — The rolling starting gate speeds up and folds its “wings” ahead of the field for one of the first Opening Day training races, this one for 2-year-olds, at Spring Garden Ranch in DeLeon Springs. Races are a mile in length around the banked track.
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Opening Day — Some of the 100 or so racegoers study their Opening Day racing forms as horses race past the grandstand at Spring Garden Ranch in DeLeon Springs. There is no pari-mutuel betting at the track, but interest among owners, trainers and race fans was high through the Opening Day eight-race program.
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