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SentToStud 05-31-2006 08:11 AM

Where I've been .... and where I need to go....
 
Been to....
GP, Hialeah (unbelieveably beautiful 25 years ago), Calder, Delta, Lonestar, Manor, Fairgrounds (Christmas Eve, mid-70's... a horse named Santa Claus won... in the stretch, announcer starts singing, "... Here Comes Santa Claus, here comes .....,".... true story, you can look it up), Louisiana, Oaklawn Park, Turf Paradise, Agua Caliente, Del Mar (Don Rickles was in the box next to ours), Los Al, Hollywood, Santa Anita, Canterbury (very nice), Prairie, Sportsmans, Hawthorne, Arlington, Hawthorne, Washington PArk (burned down late 70's or so), Ellis, Churchill, Kentucky Downs ( a sleeper favorite of mine), Keeneland, DRC, Hazel, Mt Pleasant (another sleeper.... mixed meet... fun spot), Woodbine, Ft Erie, Belmont, Aqueduct, Pimlico.

My favorite of the places I've seen.... Hialeah, Del Mar, Keeneland, Agua Caliente.

Where I need to get to....

3. Monmouth
2. Colonial
... and, before I die,
1. Saratoga

slotdirt 05-31-2006 08:19 AM

Del Mar is THE US track that I want to get to that I haven't seen. Also want to get to SA on that goofy Canadian Boxing Day holiday or whatever they call it.

hoovesupsideyourhead 05-31-2006 08:20 AM

from the sounds of this board if you havent been to toga its on your list...so will there be a summit......:)

Samarta 05-31-2006 09:28 AM

Saratoga is #1 on the list for sure....never been to West Coast Tracks...been all up and down the east, (except for Toga)

2MinsToPost 05-31-2006 09:37 AM

I have been to Keeneland, Thistledowns, Churchill, Beulah and River Downs.

In the next 2 or 3 years I am gearing for Gulfstream and Saratoga. I gotta pal up here who loves Tampa Bay, he goes down twice a year. Heck, he just bought a trailer a couple miles from the track (house trailer)

Nothing like Keeneland's atmosphere, so scenic

Churchill is the bomb. I have never been to The Derby, don't care for big crowds. The fall meet is a lot of fun. I love the morning workouts, no matter what track.

slotdirt 05-31-2006 09:42 AM

Saratoga is awesome. I've been there, Big Sandy, Charles Town, Penn National, Delaware, Laurel, Pimlico, the old Garden State (now super expensive condos and the like), and Churchill. Really want to hit Arlington as well as the ones I mentioned previously.

whorstman 05-31-2006 09:59 AM

Saratoga sounds like a nice place. I wouldn't mind going to a Preakness too. Pimlico dosn't look like the best, but if you can BYOB, I'm down w/ that.:cool:

Crown@club 05-31-2006 10:42 AM

I forgot to add Hollywood to my list of needing to visit with Belmont, GP, and TOGA! TOGA! TOGA!

Been too:
Ellis Park - home - and still in construction might I add - I wonder if it will be ready by the end of July.
Churchill
Arlington
The Fairgrounds. Love to see this one going again


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