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The track features a Quarter Horse meet from March through early June, and a Thoroughbred meet from August through early December. The main dirt track is one mile in circumference, and the inner turf course measures seven Furlong s. The track made headlines at its opening for two reasons: it was the first legalized gambling venue in Oklahoma , and it was the first track in the United States to use a synthetic surface for its main track. Remington was the first (and only) American track to use Equitrack, which utilized grains of sand coated with wax. The intent was to provide a safe all-weather racing surface that would reduce life-threatening injuries to horses and Jockey s. Alas, the Equitrack experiment failed when horsemen complained that the wax melted in Oklahoma's summer heat, and the track management replaced it with a traditional dirt surface. No other track used a synthetic surface until 2005, when Turfway Park installed an improved product called Polytrack . KFOR-TV: Remington Park will keep its dirt track Remington Park now includes a Racino with Slot Machine s (no Table Game s). REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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