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Portland Meadows Facts: The Portland Meadows racetrack offers fierce thoroughbred racing on Friday, Monday and Saturday. There's nothing better than in Friday night at the racetrack. Portland Meadows, post time for Friday night thoroughbred racing is 7 p.m. On Monday and Saturday the races go off at 1:35 p.m. Portland Meadows is located in beautiful Portland, Oregon. Portland Meadows offers live thoroughbred racing January through May and October through December. Unlike some other horse tracks, Portland Meadows offers free general admission to all. Even the parking is free. They have a turf club on the third floor and that's only three dollars per person and includes a table. Construction of the Portland Meadows racetrack started in November of 1945. Almost a year later, in 1946, the Portland Meadows racetrack opened up to a crowd of almost 10,000 people. Here's a little-known fact. The Portland Meadows racetrack was the first thoroughbred racetrack in the nation to offer a horse racing at night. Disaster struck in 1948 when a flood struck and caused $250,000 in damages. In 1970, disaster struck again in the grandstand burned to the ground. The next year the Portland Meadows reopened to a large crowd of 12,635. 2003 was a special year, because Portland handle in excess of half a million in horse bet, which had not happened in over 10 years. If you want to bet online at Portland Meadows, all you need is an Bodog account. It's free and will unlock over 80 horse racing tracks around United States. 
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