and are you the type who yells at the jocks and calls all the horses by their numbers only or are you the quiet type (well what didja think I was talking about in the heading you pervs?
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At the track, do you always hang out in the same area? Do you stay in one place or go to the paddock and the finish line, anywhere and everywhere?
Depends on who I'm with. If I'm solo, in one place. If I'm with the boys, it's anything to keep them happy/quiet
Do you drink? Drink too much? Eat? Get there early for workouts and stay all day? Leave after the big race?
Never drink, will eat if hungry and have some time.
Do you cap the night before or when you're there?
Usually the bulk is done the night before, unless weather is going to be an issue.
Do you have superstitions... a good luck charm of any kind?
No nothing really, maybe if I get hot I will hit the same urinal (even if I have to go #2 )
Are you the type who smacks the form during the races and who barks out orders to the jocks?
No smacking the form, but I will get into it in the stretch. Something like "c'mon with that 4 or "Keep him movin Ramon", but nothing over the top
Do you bring your kids, your significant other or go with friends? Alone?
It varies. Most of the time I bring at least one of the boys, but honestly as much as I love them I enjoy it more going to the track alone. Just easier to concentrate and most of the time it's very relaxing.
How much does it annoy you when you're in line and the race is about to go off and the person in front of you has no clue what they're doing? Do you feel like you're going to have a heart attack, going to kill them, or both?
I really try to stay out of situations like that. It's much easier now in Jersey for me, because I could use my account. But it used to drive me crazy.
When you make a great hit do you announce it to the people around you? Do you congratulate strangers if they're nearby and you know they nailed whatever race?
No, very rarely do I talk to other people at the track (because so many of them are douches, I don't want to be bothered). I will discuss something that happens in the race or ask/give an opinion on who won a photo. But that's pretty much the extent of it.
Are you helpful to new-to-the-sport types or do you wish they would go the fuc* home?
If someone needs genuine help, I would try to help them.
Do you tip the tellers?
Usually the change if it's a regular ticket. But if I hit in my account, you cash out on a voucher, so then no.
Do you get dressed up at all? Go to the turf club? Hang with the lowlifes? Have a table at a restaurant for the day kinda thing?
Dress very comfortable, casual. Between the grime of the track and the print on the form, it could get a little messy. Not to mention if it's steamy out and you are sweating like a pig. No tables, but sometimes will sit in the tele-theater and go out to the main track for the live races.
Tell me what it's like when you go to the track and which track you usually go to!
The majority of the time it's Monmouth. I love going to Saratoga and try to get up there whenever I can. The last couple of years I have made the out to opening day of the spring meet at Belmont.
Good Thread G, enjoyed reading other peoples routines.