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Hialeah's Swan Song


Hialeah has always been noted for its turf course, the first in the country built in ’33. So a Saratoga-type meeting, 30 days or so, featuring a turf festival with increased purses and reduced takeout seemed plausible. The powers that be apparently didn’t think so.

What will be missed the most by fans will be the ritual after the seventh race -- the flight of the flamingos. After buying the track in 1930 and transforming it into the most visited South Florida tourist attraction, Joseph E. Widener imported a flock of Cuban flamingos to inhabit the infield and gardens.

On its website, Hialeah says, "Timeless beauty, elegance, tradition, excitement are words synonymous with the legendary Hialeah Park."

However, more important words are "practicability" and "compromise." That’s why Hialeah’s swan song is so disheartening.

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