You better call ahead to see if they are going to run or cancel

was down there this past weekend scavs as we ran a filly with your boy mena on that ran 3rd sunday. the recieving barn was in horrible shape as the washracks were frozen and it was flooded. theres a theatre and alotta places to eat around the track like fuddruckers and some hotels right there but if youre lookin for a place to stay i highly reccomend the drawbridge which is a few miles from the track

oh my God, quote of the day man.

There are about 3 hotels right on Turfway road even, walking distance to the track.

Fudrucker's is ok, but i recommend Rafferty's :D

i ate@rafferty's when i was down there a few weeks back, good food and very large portions guaranteed you will walk out full. we used to have fuddruckers here in illinois years back brian as you know, not sure why they closed em all down=(

scav i might be down there with steve runnin a couple for another trainer this weekend, if we go ill give ya a heads up and we can meet up

lol you make it sound like a strip club

Go to skyline chili before you hit up turfway. It'll help you communicate with the locals.

Isn't that where you can get a 5-way? I had one once. Great!!

The term "all-weather" is becoming an oxymoron for Polytrack. Apparently its the "when the temperature is between 32 and 85 all purpose track". The folks at TP and Kee should've done their research; everyone knows the winters in the U.K. aren't as severe as here, and the summers aren't as hot, either.

Not so. When in Cincy (or Florence or Erlanger) you have to go to Skyline or Gold Star Chili.

Scav-

You can save yourself some driving time. Indiana Downs is open for simulcasting. Its on I-74 in Shelbyville. Its a lot closer to Indy than Cincy.

Is Trackside in downtown Indy still open?

i had it once, it was unusual, but i sorta got used to it in the end.

I forgot about that. Hoosier in Anderson is another option although I don't think there's a good way to get back to I-65 from Anderson w/out having to go back to Indy.

Really? Been good to me (so far)! :confused:

I am going to Butler University to watch the Salukis play, might cruise down Sunday morning to watch a couple races.

I just found out I am going to be in Richmond, the week of the 19th, and I might stay for the weekend and go to Derby Prevue day at Turfway on the 24th....not sure yet

So they serve plain with a side of plain? :p
Just kidding with you!

That's just it JJP -- they did zero research on it. And now Arlington and Del-Mar are moving forward -- and there is zero research on how poly acts in extreme heat. I know there were problems at TP during the summer training season.

This whole charade came about because the powers that be don't care about the handicappers, the bettors, and the fans. They could care less -- if they find a track surface that they think will be cheaper to operate they go forward with it and they say, "to hell with the fans -- the fans are gambling addicts anyway".

Poly was sold to tracks as saving $500,000 a year in maintenance. To the public they preached that it was "safer for horses". They didn't give a rat's ass about safety -- it was all about the bottom line and who cares if it inconveniences the handicappers and knocks horses eyes out.

The big event coming up is a lawsuit by a jockey or jockeys over lung damage from breathing pollutants. That is coming eventually and that may indeed be the end of horse racing as we know it in America.