Tags: Horse Race, Race.
The El Camino Real Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race held in February at Golden Gate Fields in Albany California. The race is open to three-year-olds willing to race one and one-eighth miles (9 furlongs) on Tapeta. A Grade III event it offers a purse of $200000. Northern California’s premier Kentucky Derby prep the El Camino Real Derby was first run in 1982. It was hosted by Bay Meadows racetrack until its closing in August 2008.