In 2002-04, I would tape the Northern California replay show and after two years I had a pile of VHS tapes. Only some of these tapes survived a purge made my mother after I left home. In 2011, I took the remaining tapes back with me back to my new home in New York and digitized and uploaded some of the races onto this channel. I discarded the tapes after that, a decision I came to regret.
In 2023, my mother mailed me some VHS tapes she had found. Most contained home movies, but one of the tapes had episodes of the Racing from Bay Meadows replay show from the spring of 2003. I digitized the contents of the tape in late 2024. I have already uploaded all of the stakes races on the tape, but I also wanted to upload the contents of the tape in its entirety.
When editing, I decided to leave in the commercials and KTSF-26 station identification bumpers that were present on the tape (yes, there are Scoma's restaurant and Barons Jewelers ads). I also sometimes decided to not record certain races if I felt at the time that I would not be interested in watching them in the future (usually, these were cheap conditioned claiming races). For whatever reason, I recorded only two races on 6/5/2003.
Tony Calo was the track announcer at Bay Meadows in the spring of 2003 and he was the primary host of the replay show. Dale Duspiva was the backup host, and he hosted the show on 5/26 (Memorial Day).
Below are timestamps with the beginning of each episode, the start of the each series of Hollywood Park stretch runs, stakes races, and other notable races.
0:00 Start of the 5/17 Bay Meadows races
14:03 $60,000 added Emeryville Stakes, won by Christmas Time
20:42 G2 Shuvee Handicap, won by Wild Spirit (Chi) (partial)
21:30 G2 Dixie Handicap, won by Dr. Brendler (partial)
22:17 G3 William Donald Schaeffer Handicap, won by Windsor Castle (partial)
22:03 G1 Preakness, won by Funny Cide
25:33 Start of the 5/18 Bay Meadows races
27:46 $60,000 Saratoga Handicap, won by El Dorado Shooter
46:18 Start of the 5/18 Hollywood Park stretch runs
49:03 Stretch run of the $75,000 Willard L. Proctor Memorial, won by Alpenfest
50:25 Start of the 5/21 Bay Meadows races
1:04:48 Start of the 5/21 Hollywood Park stretch runs
1:06:42 Stretch run of a maiden special weight victory for Don’tsellmeshort, who went on to win three stakes for California-breds (also a full brother to Brother Derek)
1:07:25 Stretch run of a $32,000 claiming race won by Desert Boom, who went on to capture the G3 Berkeley Handicap and the Claiming Crown Jewel
1:09:19 Stretch run of an allowance victory by Mister Acpen (Chi), who went on to win the G3 Bay Meadows Breeders’ Cup Handicap (Sarafan third)
1:11:11 Start of the 5/22 Bay Meadows races
1:35:25 Start of the 5/22 Hollywood Park stretch runs
1:40:15 Start of the 5/24 Bay Meadows races
1:47:35 Allowance/optional claiming win by Trickey Trevor, who went on to capture six stakes, topped by the G2 Churchill Downs Handicap
1:53:38 G3 Yerba Buena Breeders’ Cup Handicap, won by Chiming (Ire)
2:01:27 G2 Peter Pan, won by Go Rockin’ Robin (partial)
2:02:23 G3 Mint Julep, won by Kiss the Devil (partial)
2:03:25 G1 Milady Handicap, won by Azeri
2:05:32 Start of the 5/25 Bay Meadows races
2:29:40 Start of the 5/25 Hollywood Park stretch runs
2:31:43 Stretch run of the G3 Will Rogers, won by Private Chef (Singletary third)
2:33:01 Start of the 5/26 Bay Meadows races
2:56:51 G3 Seabiscuit Handicap, won by Reba’s Gold
3:01:25 Stretch run of the 2002 $60,000 added Palo Alto Handicap, won by Halo Tyra
3:02:16 Stretch run of the 2003 $60,000 Santa Clara Handicap, won by Aunt Sophie
3:03:54 Stretch run of the 2022 $55,000 added Sunnyvale Handicap, won by Irguns Angel
3:04:47 Start of the 5/31 Bay Meadows races
3:08:29 $60,000 added Sunnyvale Handicap, won by Lacie Girl
3:17:08 $32,000 maiden claiming victory for Trapper, who went on to win the $100,000 California Sprint Championship Handicap
3:24:31 G2 Sheepshead Bay Handicap, won by Mariensky (partial)
3:25:56 G3 Louisville Handicap, won by Kim Loves Bucky (partial)
3:27:33 $75,000 added Ack Ack Handicap, won by Kela
3:29:16 Start of the 6/1 Bay Meadows races
3:49:31 Start of the 6/1 Hollywood Park stretch runs
3:52:48 Stretch run of the $75,000 Manhattan Beach Handicap, won by Katdogawn (GB)
3:53:55 Start of the 6/4 Bay Meadows races
4:14:09 Start of the 6/4 Hollywood Park stretch runs
4:16:14 Stretch run of Echo Eddie’s final career win
4:18:56 Start of the 6/5 Bay Meadows races (I taped only two races from the card)
4:22:19 G3 Flash, won by Chapel Royal
4:23:51 G1 Acorn, won by Bird Town