The Agua Caliente Story: Remembering Mexico's Legendary Racetrack

By David Jimenez Beltran

During its heyday in the 1930s and '40s, Agua Caliente Racetrack in Tijuana became a hot destination for Hollywood stars, business moguls, and wealthy horse owners. Seabiscuit and Phar Lap raced... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581501153
• ISBN13: 9781581501155
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Eclipse Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Love it.

I actually bought this book because my late uncle Alfonso "Poncho" Munoz is featured in the book a few different times. My father also raced at Caliente so for obvious reasons I give this book 5 stars.

Great book about a Legendary RACETRACK.

I heard about the Agua Caliente racetrack From Mr. Alessio when I meet him in 1993 at Ranch Tecate. After that, I saw him on a regular basis and once and a while he would reflect on the old racetrack. He told me about how he came up with the 5-10, the décor for the racetrack and some of the odd things that happened there. He even pointed out furniture at Ranch Tecate that came from the racetrack after the fire. But I never was able to put it all together till this book came out. The author did a excellent job putting this book together. I just wish I could have experienced the Caliente racetrack in its prime.

Turfdom, Tijuana style

For both lovers of horse racing and sports history, this is an exciting book, laced with rare illustrations and well-documented by both archival resources and the author's personal memories. Finally, Tijuana gets its due as the track which kept racing alive during its darkest travail in the 1920s and '30s as well as the one where innovations modernized the sport much as it is known today. Dr. Paul J. Vanderwood, historian emeritus, San Diego State University

A complete and detailed history of The Agua Caliente race tr

As a long timed resident of the city of Tijuana, I was excited to see a book on the Agua Caliente racetrack.I have had so many pleasant afternoons at this racetrack and this book brought back many wonderfull memories. I believe that no other racetrack has the the very interesting history that this track in Mexico ever had as researched and written by the author. The photos are great and the story rolls along in an easy to read manner. The author took on an interesting and important chapter in racing history and saved it for posterity. All 75 years of it. It is very sad that it is not in its glory years any more and I look forward that the new and enlightened administration will restore this historical site, one that was once vibrant and so alive.

AGUA CALITENTE ES MUY BUENO!

Highly readable and exhaustively researched book that thoroughly covers the history of racing in Tijuana. Includes fantastic photos and charts of the track's big races. The place had an even more interesting history than I had imagined, and the author's passion for his subject comes through loud and clear!