LOS ANGELES -- Betfair Hollywood Park will close by years end and the 75-year-old racetrack property in Inglewood that hosted Seabiscuit and the first Breeders Cup in 1984 will be developed by its owner. The track announced on Thursday that it wont apply to the California Horse Racing Board for 2014 dates, signalling the end of the line for a property whose future had been in question since Churchill Downs sold it to Hollywood Park Land Co. in 2005. At the time, the new owner said racing would continue for a minimum of three years while an effort was made to revitalize the sports business model. But the track had little luck in stemming declines in wagering and attendance, problems that plague the racing industry nationwide. "From an economic point of view, the land now simply has a higher and better use, so, unfortunately, racing will not continue here once the 2013 autumn meet is completed," track President Jack Liebau said. The owner spent more than $8 million to replace the tracks dirt surface with synthetic Cushion Track in 2006 as part of a then-statewide mandate for such surfaces. The current summer meet runs through July 14. The fall meet opens Nov. 7 and ends on Dec. 22. The stable area is expected to close by the end of the year. The closure is expected to set in motion a scramble by Southern Californias other tracks to acquire Hollywood Parks racing dates. Santa Anita, located across town in Arcadia, may be in line to pick up the bulk of the dates. That track currently has live racing from late December to early April, and again in early fall. The regions other tracks are Del Mar, located north of San Diego; and in the Los Angeles area, Los Alamitos and Fairplex. Hollywood Park opened in 1938 under the direction of movie moguls Jack and Harry Warner. Celebrities regularly attended the races. Among the star horses that ran at Hollywood Park were Seabiscuit, and Triple Crown winners Citation, Seattle Slew and Affirmed. Champion mare and 2010 Horse of the Year Zenyatta was based at Hollywood Park, and so was Ill Have Another, last years Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner. The Breeders Cup began at the track in 1984, and was held there again in 1987 and 1997. Some of the sports fixtures began at Hollywood Park and spread throughout the industry, including Sunday racing, which debuted in 1973, and fan giveaways. The Pick Six, a wager in which bettors must pick the winners of six consecutive races, was launched at the track in 1998. Other exotic wagers that originated there include the superfecta, which involves picking the first four finishers in the correct order. "Our fans and all of the employees who have worked at Hollywood Park, both past and present, deserve our thanks and gratitude," Liebau said. "They have been the backbone of this historic venue." Cheap Shoes Uk Sale .ca NFL Power Rankings, overtaking the Denver Broncos and remaining ahead of NFC competition San Francisco, Carolina and New Orleans. Cheap Shoes Clearance Uk . Toronto has dropped games to Indiana and Miami since a five-game winning streak and closed out a three-game road trip at 1-2. http://www.cheapukshoes.com/ . -- Josh Sterk scored once and set up two more as the Oshawa Generals edged the visiting Belleville Bulls 3-2 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. Cheap Shoes Websites . -- Timbers coach Caleb Porter didnt stray from his business-like approach to the season even after Portland downed the two-time defending league champion Los Angeles Galaxy to gain crucial playoff position. Cheap Shoes Uk Online . Rousey will put her perfect 8-0 record and hardware on the line against another undefeated fighter, 7-0 Sara McMann in the main event of UFC 170, which will be held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas Nevada on February 22nd. ATHENS, Ga. -- Defensive back Maurice Smith has started his acclimation to Georgia a day after the Southeastern Conference cleared his transfer from Alabama as a graduate student.Smith was assigned a No. 2 jersey and was with the Bulldogs for Saturdays scrimmage at Sanford Stadium. Coach Kirby Smart, the former Alabama defensive coordinator, said Smiths new teammates were receptive and excited to have him.Smart says Smith is comfortable with the Georgia system but added that eeverything is not the same.dddddddddddd.Smart says hell review the tape of the scrimmage before grading the play of quarterbacks Greyson Lambert, Brice Ramsey and Jacob Eason.Tailback Nick Chubb continued his comeback from major surgery on his left knee as he participated in the scrimmage.---AP college football website: http://collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '