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Originally Posted by SuffolkGirl
Suffolk isn't that bad at all. As my home track I have to love it. I know I will get lots of excoriating comments with this statement: It definitely beats Rockingham Park. Especially since there is no smoking inside. Walking into Rockingham Park you experience instant asphyxiation from the ubiquitous cloud of cigarette smoke. On a good day at Suffolk Downs you can get a beautiful ocean breeze (the Atlantic is about 1/2 mile east - or 4 furlongs if you prefer)
If you aren't far it is definitely worth the trip. And if you are far the MassCap is worth the ride.
When the MassCap was tentatively moved to the fall last year and then ultimately cancelled, it was thougth that it might be used as a prep race for the Breeder's Cup races. Maybe that is the thought here. The last MassCap with Funny Cide and Offlee Wild was great to watch. A good turn out without being completely mobbed.
I hope to see lots of DTers there.
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I'm with you. Sufolk Downs isn't half bad at all. I grew up outside of (40 mins.) Saratoga so when I first moved to Boston I definilty looked down my nose at the place. But throughout the years the place has grown on me in a big way. It's easy to get to either by car or by subway. Parking is great. The place is clean, it may not have any astetic charm or anything but it is clean and the under utilized turf is beutiful. Any track in SoCal would be jealous of their turf course. It has cheap beer and it has the best hot dogs in Boston, barnone
I am soo phsyced the MassCap is back, Sept. 22 and the timing couldn't have been better.
With all this talk of getting a Casino out here in Mass. I can't believe the place was never in talks for having it there. The land in and around the track is huge the space is perfect, more than enough Parking, easy acces off of a major highway Rt1A, and the subway drops off right out in front. Only partially abuts any residential, but the way the traffic is configured it would have absolutly no impact on it. plus with all these old puritan holdouts about not expanding gambling, it would have kept gambling all in the same area.
would havel oved to have seen a Gulfstream park like track at Suffolk