 Tanforan Racetrack | |
| Location | San Bruno, California, United States |
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| Coordinates | 37°38′08″N 122°25′09″W / 37.6354361°N 122.4190361°W |
| Date opened | November 4, 1899 |
| Date closed | July 31, 1964 (fire) |
| Course type | Flat for Thoroughbreds |
| Notable races | Tanforan Handicap |
Tanforan Racetrack, also known as Tanforan Park, was a thoroughbred horse racing facility in San Bruno on the San Francisco Peninsula in California. It operated from November 4, 1899 to 1964. The horse racing track and buildings were constructed to serve a clientele from nearby San Francisco.
Between April and October 1942, the racetrack was the site of the Tanforan Assembly Center, an internment camp in which 8,000 Bay Area Japanese Americans were detained and processed for forced relocation and internment.[1]
The racetrack was destroyed by fire on July 31, 1964.[2] The site is now the location of The Shops at Tanforan shopping center. The mall has a Tanforan Racetrack historical plaque, the Tanforan Assembly Center commemorative garden and a statue of Seabiscuit.
- ^ Kiyota, Minoru (1997). Beyond Loyalty: The Story of a Kibei. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. pp. 67–74. ISBN 0-8248-1886-5.
- ^ "Tanforan in ruins, August 1964". Online Archive of California. San Bruno Public Library. August 1964.