Opened | December 26, 1931 |
Last Race Date | January 15, 1972 |
Racing Type | Thoroughbred |
Abbreviation | Trp |
Purse Value Index | n/a |
Notable Races | Tropical Park Handicap |
Orange Bowl Handicap | |
New Years Handicap | |
Miss Florida Handicap | |
Hurricane Handicap | |
Dade Metropolitan Handicap | |
City of Miami Handicap | |
City of Coral Gables Handicap | |
Christmas Handicap | |
Aligator Stakes | |
Announcer | Chuck Lang |
- 12/26/1931 Opens for racing as first legal track in Dade County.
- 12/26/1955 Merry Christmas! a holiday crowd of 20,625 set the track attendance record.
- 11/23/1966 Opens meet with new synthetic inner track.
- 01/11/1969 A record $1,929,488 is bet, most ever at Tropical Park.
- 01/15/1972 New Calder Race Course forces Tropical out of business.