Pompano Park Racing
Pompano Park Racing is a 5/8 mile harness track in Pompano Beach, Florida that features live racing year round. Pompano Park features world class standardbred horseracing with top-ranked trotters and pacers, award-winning drivers and trainers and some of the best racing action in North America.
Pompano Park Racing is centrally located just one mile west of Interstate 95, one mile east of the Florida Turnpike and one block south of the corner of Atlantic Blvd and Powerline Road. It is only a 15-minute drive from the ocean, 20 minutes from the Fort Lauderdale / Hollywood International Airport and less than an hour from Miami Beach.
The entire Pompano Park Racing facility is a complete entertainment destination. It can accommodate up to 20,000 spectators and 12,000 cars. It houses approximately 1,000 horses.
Pompano Park Racing Facts
- Track Size and Surface
- 5/8-mile track composed of Marl (combination of Florida type clay, concrete sand and rice rock-similar to limestone chips or crushed coral).
- 608 feet from top of the stretch to finish
- 80 feet
- No hubrail
- No passing lane
- Pylons for safety
- 7,500
Homestratch Length
Track Width
Track Features
Grandstand Capacity
Pompano Park Racing Records
| Pacers |
AGE & TYPE |
HORSE (DRIVER) |
DATE |
TIME |
2-year-old colt |
ARTSPLACE |
11/30/1990 |
1:51.1* |
2-year-old filly |
CENTRAL PARK WEST |
11/18/1988 |
1:53.3 |
2-year-old gelding |
RED BOW TIE |
10/18/1996 |
1:52.3* |
3-year-old colt |
BEACH TOWEL |
11/02/1990 |
1:51.2 |
3-year-old filly |
MISS EASY |
10/25/1991 |
1:52.2 |
3-year-old gelding |
SPIN MOGUL |
8/3/2002 |
1:51.3 |
4-year-old horse |
MANNART HOWARD |
2/10/2001 |
1:50.4 |
4-year-old mare |
CAESAR’S JACKPOT |
10/20/1990 |
1:52.2 |
4-year-old gelding |
THE PAPER WAZOO |
12/02/2000 |
1:50.2* |
Older Horse |
PARSON’S DEN |
2/27/1999 |
1:49.4 |
Older Mare |
KADIJAH |
3/21/2003 |
1:51.4* |
Older Gelding |
TIME SHARE N |
2/17/2001 |
1:50.3 |
| Trotters |
AGE & TYPE |
HORSE (DRIVER) |
DATE |
TIME |
2-year-old colt |
KING CONCH |
10/25/1991 |
1:56.2 |
2-year-old filly |
PEACE CORPS |
11/11/1988 |
1:57.1 |
2-year-old gelding |
ME LLAMO JOSE |
10/16/1998 |
2:00 |
3-year-old colt |
MACK LOBELL |
11/13/1987 |
1:54.1* |
3-year-old filly |
EXPRESSWAY HANOVER |
10/29/1993 |
1:55.4 |
3-year-old gelding |
JUAN CARLOS |
10/19/2001 |
1:56.4 |
4-year-old horse |
DIAMOND GOAL |
4/19/2002 |
Q1:54.1 |
4-year-old mare |
PEACE CORPS |
11/02/1990 |
1:54.2* |
4-year-old gelding |
CLARE’S GUY |
12/04/2000 |
1:55.2 |
Older Horse |
POWER HALL |
3/20/2000 |
1:55.1 |
Older Mare |
LORI LOUISE |
3/14/2003 |
1:56 |
Older Gelding | DAMON RUNYON |
1/16/02 |
1:54.4 |
1 5/16th's |
BEEPBEEP MOVE OVER |
3/6/2004 |
2:33.3 |
| * -- Denotes World Record Q – Record set in qualifying race |
Milestones in the History of Pompano Park Racing
- In 1953, a New York ad executive turned horse breeder named Frederick Van Lennen purchased a failed Depression-era thoroughbred racing track and vowed to build the "Taj Mahal" of harness racing. He faced formidable legal opposition from various parties with interests in the pari-mutuel business.
- On February 4, 1964, the $5.5 million Pompano Park Racing first opened its gates to the public. Pompano Park Racing’s inaugural season was a 46-night harness racing meet.
- Throughout its 40-year history, Pompano Park Racing has hosted many of harness racing’s greatest horses, drivers and trainers. Each year, it also hosts several charitable fund raising events. It is the home of the Broward County Fair. It has also been designated a hurricane shelter for horses for Florida.
