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Yikes.

What a muthaflippin' turnout!

Don't know where to begin, and as Dell said, I'll elaborate on the blog soon enough, but just some quick words on those in attendance.

Major shouts to the Arlington guys, who seem to get infinitely more awesome every time I see them. Dell is a hilarious, very down to earth guy who loves partying and who I think would be fun to hang out with just about anywhere in the galaxy, Barney is much of the same and a very generous dude to boot, and John is just a badass who I feel like I've known forever because of his cool personality.

Rumor has it that you guys might make a return trip up for the Travers, which would be great, but if not, I really hope you drop me a line when you ship east for the Breeders' Cup. I don't even think the city is ready for the kind of damage we could do.

Kev, my boy! See how quickly someone can become my friend when they throw back shots with me? Seriously, you're a tremendous guy who took a beating at the windows in stride this week and had no issues partying with an obnoxious underage drunkard like myself. Another dude who I genuinely would love to hang out with outside of the track. Either you show me the country or I'll show your southern ass how us city boys get rowdy. Still can't believe that chick from the Parting Glass didn't give it up..

Scav.. What the hell is there to say? As annoying as you can be on the board sometimes, you're definitely a good dude and you're pretty impossible not to like (and laugh at). Tom is just another reason I feel like an Arlington trip may be in the cards either this summer or next.

Good to see you again Matt, the house won't be the same without my drinking buddy, but we'll be in close contact. A sincere thank you for bringing Mrs. Hooves along. Everything that's been said about her so far is spot on, she's one of the most pleasant people I've ever meet, and I could never imagine (nor want to) her ever being anything but kind to anyone. You lucky bastard! Thanks for bringing Chris along too, who was a pleasure as well. I'll get those pics up soon, Chris!

It was cool to finally meet you Jamie, and thanks for humoring me on Saturday night when I was nearly too drunk to stand.. You're a funny chick that I'd let crash on my floor anytime.

Bigs! Can't forget about you.. One of the best guys I've met on here, Mike is a smart, funny, interesting and genuinely considerate dude who was a blast to hang out with at the track every day (except when he tended to his beautiful family). Hope I'm not done seeing you this meet buddy, but if I am, thanks for being so cool to me.

Brockguy was hilarious as always, and is always a fun person to be around. Just thought it was brilliantly grand how he managed to pop up out of nowhere YET AGAIN. When I saw him there on Thursday or whenever it was, I just shook my head..

To quickly go through some more great people I met, as this is getting long.. Viscount was plenty of fun and sharp as a tack, BILL DOWNES was a major trip and yet another reason to see Arlington, it was good to see Phil again briefly too. Scott and Nicole are two superstars as well who I hope to see much more throughout the meet. Golfer.. Garret Gomez still sucks! Rudeboyelvis, your horse has still given me my only parimutuel thrill of the meet, congrats again. Payson Dave, see you around the track. Trifecta and Pmacdaddy seemed like much fun in the brief time I saw them.

In case you can't tell by the waning scope of superlatives for these people, as a general rule, DT MEMBERS ARE FANTASTIC PEOPLE. This week has got me wanting to make trips around the country just to get to hang with the great guys and girls I had so much fun with, and I didn't even really get the full experience, staying in Greenwich and all.

Thanks to everyone for coming out to this rousing success of a DT summit.