Published by admin on Tue, 09/13/2022 - 10:54am
While the turn of the century brought the automobile to Wilmington, the horse did not go away. In fact, horses became more popular than ever. But now instead of looking for a good old mare that would pull the family carriage without a problem, everybody and their brother was looking for racehorses. Let's go take a spin around the track.
In 1875 the first racetrack, known as the Wilmington Driving Park, was constructed on North Kankakee Street right where Deer Creek Estates is today.