The grandstand at Shenandoah Downs in Charles Town, West Virginia, became nothing more than a pile of memories at approximately 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday when 80 pounds of dynamite reduced the structure into a pile of wood and metal.

Shenandoah Downs opened in 1959, and offered races through 1975.

SOURCE (C) 2006 Thoroughbred Times

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