About The Bay Horses
The Bay Horses tells the story of horses around San Francisco Bay. We cover three things: the history, from the Gold Rush racetracks to the last race at Golden Gate Fields; the places you can ride today; and plain, practical advice on horse care, riding and buying a horse.
How we work
Every history piece lists its sources, and its dates and figures come from those sources.
When accounts of an event differ, we show both and say which one we could not confirm.
When we get something wrong, we correct the piece and note the change.
Start with the Bay Area horse history timeline, or see places to ride in the Bay Area.
The publisher
The Bay Horses is published by Zachary Leyden. He is a horseman, a U.S. Army veteran and the author, with Kalea Leyden, of Soft Is Strong: The Art of Horsemanship. He owns and runs a riding stable on the coast in Daly City, just south of San Francisco.