Del Mar vs Saratoga

Originally Posted by Gander

Smart plan. A week is way too long anyways. You can get all the juice you need here in one day, just do everything larger. That would be like me going to Belmont for 1 week, I would lose my mind. I live here and probably go on average a total of 8-10 times per meet, but never for an entire card. To me theres just too much time between races and I like to spend the night before handicapping so I find 28 minutes between every race unbearable, especially in the heat. It gets extra tough because they throw a lot of 2 year old races at you, which I dont really care for.

Mornings are different, I love them and probably get over there 10-15 times per meet. I go a lot of weekday mornings before work, sometimes at the end or the beginning of my run. I'd rather see 60 horses work out in 1 hour with no downtime.

The mornings are great. Some part of me likes to take the Amtrak back the same day and have Sunday to recover from my drinking and losses.