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Originally Posted by Kasept
As we can all appreciate now, Saturday was a magical day of racing conducted by a proud racetrack to an appreciative throng of 85,000 and millions more that watched and wagered in parlors, ovals and at home. Those that choose to scoff and deprecate can wallow in their own misery. The rest of us had an instantly memorable day with friends old and new, made possible by generous equine athletes and intrepid human connections whom we revere and celebrate. In what turned out to be a remarkable epilogue to the week's turn of events, I hope all of you had a wonderful day. If you love the game, I know you did.
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I had a great time. All you have to do is listen to 85k people cheer as horses turn for home and you realize that peoples raw expression of emotion for racing is only equaled in nature with Doug and his sox. Anyway only 3k of the people there realized the horses are slow as claimers and or that the horses are drugs to the gills. BTW its the same 3k people that know it 364 days a year. As you said it was a terriffic day and NYRA thats right NYRA deserves the credit for putting on a great show. They really do need to reburbish the place soon because it really needs it bad, while gorgeous Belmont needs an major overhaul.