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Who's going?

1st time to SA. Do the cab drivers rip you off like NY ?

Going with about a dozen others.

You going Nick?...will be there with Dellinger and others

I'll be there. VolJack and I are playing in the BC Betting Challenge.

Depends on where you are driving in from, SA is OUT THERE.

I'll be there to collect my free beer from GBBob.

I will be in that contest with you. I won my entry on Travers day.

Paul

awesome! Didn't know you got to delay China trip.

Awesome, should be fun. I'm there from Wednesday through Saturday.

Brilliant :)

You should come down to Melbourne and do the BC / Melbourne Cup double!!

Are you going to the BC mate? I'll be there this year and given that we miss each other everywhere else in the world, the BC makes good sense.

I'm hoping to do the BC/Melbourne cup double, but finding flights which leave LAX on Sunday night to get back in Melbourne in plenty of time Tuesday morning is looking tricky.

I looked into it - leaving LAX at 23.30 the Saturday night of the Breeders Cup - that should give me more than enough time even allowing for LA traffic and I get into Melbourne on Monday morning after a 16 hour flight.

A good day relaxing and sleeping on the Monday and ill be ready to go for the Tuesday!!

I thought about leaving Saturday night, but I may not get there until Friday morning, so a 15hr flight arriving Friday morning followed by another 15hr flight departing Saturday night might just ruin me. Having said that, I did MEL-LHR-MEL in the space of three days for the July cup!

Think I'll stick to my plan of leaving Sunday night and then seeing how I feel after landing in Melbourne Tuesday morning.

Anyone else mad enough to be doing this?

I'll catch up with you at SA mate, where are you staying?

On a family vacation but might be going past there on Saturday. ;)

How convenient..a family vacation in SOCA during the BC..Look honey...I can't believe it..Is that Santa Anita?:tro:

Ha that's an extreme trip alright. Ill be well acclimatised to California as heading there in 2 weeks - ill probably be staying wherever some of the guys in this thread decide to put me - they have been known to kidnap me before and the only reason I was released was Red Rocks winning the BC Turf in 2006!

:tro::tro::tro:

I don't think so.


His team made the play offs.

No BC for me again this year. Poor Man's Breeders' Cup is November 17. See you in Vinton on Delta Jackpot Day?!

LA is so spread out!

You might be better off renting a car. Parking at the track isn't too bad.

Good luck!

Staying at the Embassy so I hope a cab will get me there.

Thanks Stick

where are you staying?

I'm staying at home in South Carolina. Thanks for asking.

you're about a mile from the track. i'd walk. it'll probably be faster than a cab.

or there's this from your hotel website if you insist on waiting in traffic:

"Complimentary transportation within a 5-mile hotel radius"

:tro:


Thanks, walking it is !

Hot damn -- me, too.

Anybody coming out from the east coast should be very happy. It's suppose to be around 80 degrees every day this week at Santa Anita.

Now all we have to do it get there through the storm...

Paul

free track shuttle runs to/ from the following hotels:

Embassy Suites
Residence Inn by Marriott
Extended Stay America
Springfield Suites by Marriott
Hampton Inn
Courtyard by Marriott (Monrovia)
Hilton Garden Inn
Doubletree Hotel (Monrovia)

We are staying at the Super 8 in Pasadena. Are any of the shuttle runs near there? How far is the hotel from the track? What is the best way to get from LAX to the hotel? Thanks.

Thanks G2.

The only thing is, I don't know if I am getting out of Philly

You should ask The Devil for his hotel room. The Super 8 is a Super 86 :D

message for the brockguy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boO4RowROiw

can't f'n wait to get there!!!

This may bring up bad memories for Kev?

When we were at CD and Matt M and Aquino declared all Irishmen get their azzes kicked at midnight, at 11:59pm.

We'll always have 'Pat Smulen's' back.

No Irish car bombs please!

After a lovely 14hr 38min flight I made it.......... bring on the next two days!!!!!!

Then for the Melbourne Cup......... :zz:

I wouldn't fly 14 hours for a free slice of p*ssy, much less to watch some horses run around in circles.

:rolleyes:

Challenge.

How many DT members ended up coming out to California? Did everyone have a good time?

I'd say I've flown 400+ flying hours this year, so you can probably tell it's something I don't mind doing.

I've completed the Dubai World Cup, July Cup, Breeders' Cup and as long as my flight is on time tonight, I'll do the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday. I'll pretty much fly as many hours as it takes to have an enjoyable time at the track.

Sad? probably...... gotta have an addiction in life, though.

It was my first BC and I had a ball, met some great people, had great seats and the atmosphere was great and it gives me an excuse to visit one of my favourite countries.

Hope to be back again next year.