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Heather McGrail -- Alameda County Fair Board of Directors. It has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? But the McGrail name is hardly new to the group, as her father Jim was a board member for some time before passing away five years ago...
If it's June and school is out, it must be time for the Alameda County Fair to take place. And if the fair is going on, it also means it's time for horse racing to come to the Pleasanton track, the oldest one-mile dirt track in U.S.
Mention horse racing people at the Alameda County Fair over the last 20 years and a few names come straight to mind. One that flies the most under the radar but can stand toe-to-toe with anyone is Pleasanton's George Schmitt.