This year was my 38th year. I generally go for the Whitney and the sales. I have found that most people who go once return year after year. I've made so many friends who I see only once a year, who come from all over the world and return the same weeks every year. Luckily with email, we are able to keep in touch through the year. I do the same at Santa Anita and that's great, but Saratoga is in a league of it's own.
I like telling people "Once you go, you always go".
Last year I had a broken arm and couldn't drive. Some friends called me up and said "Joe, you have to go. We'll pick you up and take you". They did and helped me the whole way. That's the way it is at Saratoga.
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