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Oriental Park Racetrack in Marianao, Havana, Cuba, was a thoroughbred horse-racing facility operated during the winter by the Havana-American Jockey Club of Cuba. Founded in 1915, Oriental Park was the only race track in Cuba before Fidel Castro came to power in 1959. It was closed February 5th, 1967.

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his native Cuba, working as a groom and an exercise rider at the Oriental Park Racetrack, in Havana. In 1935, he signed on as the agent for Fernando Fernández...

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particularly popular with Cubans, who call this coat dorado or mohato. Oriental Park Racetrack Cuban Paso Bowers, Nora; Bowers, Rick; Kaufmann, Kenn (2004). Mammals...

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Braves, Grant moved to Havana, where he served as treasurer of the Oriental Park Racetrack. He retired to Los Angeles, where he died on April 5, 1947, at...

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career, he competed primarily at racetracks from New York along the Eastern Seaboard to Florida and at Oriental Park Racetrack in Cuba. He rode five winners...

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rode four winners at Prospect Park Fair Grounds on Coney Island, New York. In winters he rode at Oriental Park Racetrack in Havana, Cuba, where in 1924...

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three races on December 28 at Oriental Park Racetrack in Havana. On December 30, 1952, he rode his 389th winner at Tropical Park Race Track in Coral Gables...

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Woodbine Race Course in Toronto, Canada. Competing at Havana's Oriental Park Racetrack in 1922, Willie Kelsay had wins in two premier events that regularly...

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