To outsiders, it looked like all was right with the world Wednesday night at Great Lakes Downs. Horses ran just as they have the past nine years at Michigan's only thoroughbred racetrack.

As the sun set over Northville Downs, Michigan's last horse racing track ... the racetracks closed — Saginaw Harness Raceway, Great Lakes Downs (built on what was originally Muskegon Race ...

FRUITPORT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Demolition of the final standing structures from the long-defunct Great Lakes Downs racetrack in Fruitport Township was underway Wednesday — the lone sign of ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Jareth Loveberry was an architecture major at Baker College when he started racing at Great Lakes Downs racetrack in Muskegon County. That was 18 years ago.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Jareth Loveberry was an architecture major at Baker College when he started racing at the Great Lakes Downs racetrack in Muskegon County. That was 18 years ago.