Meadow Event Park
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Meadow Event Park is a large park and nature preserve in Doswell, Virginia
with several fields and facilities. It has been the home of the State Fair of Virginia since 2009, previously held at Richmond International Raceway
. The 2009 state fair was the park's inaugural event. Since then it has also hosted several other events. Meadow Stables, now part of the park, was birthplace of legendary racehorse Secretariat
.
Doswell, Virginia
Doswell is an unincorporated community in Hanover County in the Central Region of the U.S. state of Virginia. Originally called Hanover Junction, it was located on the Virginia Central Railroad, which later became part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad at a crossing of the Richmond,...
with several fields and facilities. It has been the home of the State Fair of Virginia since 2009, previously held at Richmond International Raceway
Richmond International Raceway
Richmond International Raceway is a 3/4-mile , D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. It hosts the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series...
. The 2009 state fair was the park's inaugural event. Since then it has also hosted several other events. Meadow Stables, now part of the park, was birthplace of legendary racehorse Secretariat
Secretariat (horse)
Secretariat was an American Thoroughbred racehorse, that in 1973 became the first U.S. Triple Crown champion in 25 years, setting new race records in two of the three events in the Series—the Kentucky Derby , and the Belmont Stakes —records that still stand today.Secretariat was sired by Bold...
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