Well if it isn't funny the first time then give it a go a few more until people want to throw cans at your head.

:D

the infield never significantly contributed to handle... but its a real shame they ended the bringin in beer thing.... because that is what the Preakness is all about!! One big party!

the place was a ghost town this year, the corporate tents and turfside palace tickets (the big wigs) were empty all day except for the preakness race. Couldn't see the infield from my seats, but the local tv station showed a clip in the mid-afternoon where spots on the fence, which are usually gone by 8:05 were wide open. I guess the $1 beers from 8-11 and the oxygen bar didn't attract as many people as they thought. I waited for the last race to end, and it literally took me 10 min. to get onto the expressway. I've seen bigger crowds at best buy on christmas eve, sad


-bt-

I missed seeing the hott chicks barely wearing anything

Who really needs these type in attendance ? They are a nuisance .

Mr. Congeniality speaks.

Did you laugh after you set
your grandma on fire?

i was at pimlico yesterday and it was pretty thin.....the apron area was about the same but you noticed a big change in the park and ride, shuttle volume. i heard alot of folks that were in the infield complaining on the way home. i think pimlico tried to keep them happy with zztop and some decent big name bands...

Honestly, the whole bringing in your own beer thing just had to stop at the Preakness. I'm sorry, but that was just a lawsuit waiting to happen, and when you're a company in bankruptcy, I have to presume you just can't afford that kind of liability.

Incidentally, beers were $3.50 at the Preakness yesterday, which is half of what they charge at the Derby infield. As much as West Baltimore is a hole, let's be honest here, where Churchill sits in Louisville isn't exact an oasis either.

i read that beer was actually only a buck the first few hours. as one guy said, i can't get wasted...i still remember the idiot running onto the track and taking a swipe at a horse as it ran by a few years back. that moron could have been killed, or caused a really bad incident. lawsuits filed by the day, i'm surprised it took them this long too.

That was Artax leading them home. If my awful memory is correct.

It was, and he was the 6/5 favorite, and they had to refund all wagers on him. Probably cost the track $250k as they estimated something close to $2 million was bet through him.

60 dollars to sit in the infield and you can't bring in your beer?? no wonder nobody showed up. if they were going to take away the BYOB fine, but atleast lower the ticket price significantly

that's the thing, they actually raised the prices at the same time as banning byob. but, you can't really say it was a mistake, look at the handle. and i'd imagine the patrons appreciated not having the fiasco in the infield.

TVG was in the mix this year. It's not like handle has been phenomenal the past few years.

well, that's true...but an increase, especially considering the overall economy and the derby handle, has to be a good thing-add in magna's issues, and md racing on top of that. or maybe i'm just being too pollyannic.

a scary thought, all those drunks leaving..driving-yikes!