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Originally Posted by LARHAGE
I think the saddest difference today is the complete lack of interest in racing, I remember being a kid and every weekend you could count on the now defunct Herald Examiner here in L.A. with a racing article about the weekends stakes, I remember when Ack Ack and Cougar ll met the front page of the sports had them facing each other face to face, I had that hanging in my room for years ( wish I had kept it ). My Uncle was a HUGE racing fan and they lived in Arcadia, I would go to their house and he would take me to Santa Anita I would leave him and go spend time in the paddocks and walking rings before running up to see the race, I feel so fortunate that I was able to see Ack Ack, Cougar ll, Chinook Pass (rip) Affirmed, a lot of the Whittingham monster mares, Spectacular Bid, John Henry and so many of those great horses of the past, I remember even petting Quack! I wish people just cared about racing just a fraction as much as back then.
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There's lots of good news out there though. At least in my backyard. The local OTB has overflow parking on nearly any big national race day.
And hardly a seat to be had on any Saturday.
I mentioned elsewhere that I went to a "homecoming" celebration event for
Martin Garcia on Monday evening at the little deli where he used to work. I bet at least a few hundred people dropped in while he was there.
Different racing, but I know when races like "The Carolina Cup" and "The Colonial Cup" are held in South Carolina it's still the place to be with fine attendance.
I took my wife to Golden Gate Fields on Memorial Day and The Turf Club was packed and the apron had a healthy crowd, too.
I know when the fair meets start out here, track attendance will be great on the weekends.
Just saying there's some good, too.