OP Just curios
 

I thoroughly enjoy reading this board. I dont post much, because I dont get the chance to follow the game to the extent that most of you on here do. But I do feel like I have learned a ton just reading what everybody has to say. Any way, I am a local oaklawn guy. I have been going to the races here with my grandfather since I was probably about 8 years old. I was hooked, and it wasnt the gambling (although I like that too). But after reading about all these other tracks, I was just curios what most of you guys thought of oaklawn. It may not be much to look at from the outside, but once you get inside you will find a bunch of racing fans. I have been coming for many years, but never saw the place more electric than it was the year smarty was here (2004). I'll never forget watching that race standing on a chair in the grandstand and giving play by play to an elderly woman who couldnt see because everyone in the place was standing. Anyway, I've rambled enough. What do those of you who have had the chance to see a racing day at oaklawn think of it compared to the many other tracks across this great land?

I love this sport,
Jeff

Hey that was me you gave the play-by-play of Smarty to!! How are you doing, Sonny? Such a good boy! I never thanked you for helping this poor little lady out.

Just out of curiosity...do you have a girlfriend? I have a lovely granddaughter who needs a good man.

:rolleyes: haha

Wasn't that Unbridled, at CD?

About OP. Now that all of California except the bullrings are fake turf, OP probably is the best track west of Saratoga. At least in the USA that is.

I like betting Oaklawn. I enjoyed the one time I went to Oaklawn.

I have a friend that goes every year
last year he brought an Arkansas bred.

I am in Houston....the 1st time i went to Oaklawn was the early 80s....i love the area.. I usually stay in Royal Ark at Lake quatichita ? It is hard to beat the area in just sheer beauty..the track is alot of fun also....I have been about 10 times over the years, just a well kept secret in the south.

I went to Oaklawn the year that Afleet Alex was there. I really loved the track and it's probably my third favorite after Saratoga & Belmont.

You're right, the people there are very friendly and very enthusiastic. I always tell people they should make it part of their racing vacation schedule.