Curt,
To answer your second question, it's called "Big Sandy" because that's what it is. A huge oval (1 1/2 mile) with the typical base of all of Long Island...sand.
If you've never seen it, make it a goal. It's a totally different world than Saratoga. Saratoga has a certain ambiance, intimacy. It's country in the summer for some of the top runners. My favorite place.
Belmont is big city....Big!
If you get a chance to roam around the backstretch there, it's like being on a huge horse farm that was dropped from a spaceship into the middle of one of the world's greatest cities. You'd love it.
The fall meet will be very nice.
DTS
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