Is The Track A Depressing Place?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Scav

Some area's of the track are depressing, but Arlington is not, Hawthorne, is depressing. Arlington has that 'weekend' hangout place feeling going on and when it is nice out, it is alot of fun

now that is true.

i can't wait til july and arlington....

[alysheba4]

santa anita on a good clear day is the most beautiful track in america so its not to bad.....but the hassle of going "live" has been tired for quite some time.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by alysheba4

santa anita on a good clear day is the most beautiful track in america so its not to bad.....but the hassle of going "live" has been tired for quite some time.

I separate beautiful from depressing....It can be both.

[alysheba4]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

I separate beautiful from depressing....It can be both.

.....yeah, i know what you are saying. you go into the general adm. area at the anita and its pretty grim

[disappearingdan_akaplaya]

notta depressing place at all to me! you got more of the gambler mentality to you randy

Originally Posted by alysheba4

.....yeah, i know what you are saying. you go into the general adm. area at the anita and its pretty grim

It's horrible. No man should be subjected to that eyesore of a racetrack. All of the people gambling and showing emotion. Calgon take me away!!!

[2MinsToPost]

I should note that when I wake up in the morning and know I am going to spend the day hanging with my friends at Beulah, I get all excited still. Yes, the place is depressing from the facilities standpoint. But, I don't go their for that. I go to watch and wager on the horses and enjoy the company of friends.

Now, The Little Brown Jug to me is heaven on earth, a real slice of American Pie. Churchill Downs in the morning as the sun comes up Derby Week will send chills down your spine. Keeneland is easy on the eyes and senses. Here is to my making a trip to Toga this fall.

Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

It's horrible. No man should be subjected to that eyesore of a racetrack. All of the people gambling and showing emotion. Calgon take me away!!!

When you see people that have no idea what they are doing, throwing money away while smoking with their kids in tow. Arguing about losing the paycheck... cant like that. So I go to the second floor.

Now on the beer nights when the college kids show up that dont know what they are doing, mixed with families eating ice cream not betting a dime, just to listen to the bands and ride the ponies or pet the animals in the little petting zoo.... thats a big carnival of cross cultures.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by pgardn

When you see people that have no idea what they are doing, throwing money away while smoking with their kids in tow. Arguing about losing the paycheck... cant like that. So I go to the second floor.

Now on the beer nights when the college kids show up that dont know what they are doing, mixed with families eating ice cream not betting a dime, just to listen to the bands and ride the ponies or pet the animals in the little petting zoo.... thats a big carnival of cross cultures.

guy i work with has a gambling addict for a father...man, the stories he can tell. guy would bet the rent money--he said he always hoped his dad would do well, so he could have an ice cream cone at the end of the day--no cone, bad day.

Originally Posted by pgardn

When you see people that have no idea what they are doing, throwing money away while smoking with their kids in tow. Arguing about losing the paycheck... cant like that. So I go to the second floor.

It doesn't bother me. Chances are their kids aren't going to amount to ****, might as well get a head start on failure.

Originally Posted by pgardn

Now on the beer nights when the college kids show up that dont know what they are doing, mixed with families eating ice cream not betting a dime, just to listen to the bands and ride the ponies or pet the animals in the little petting zoo.... thats a big carnival of cross cultures.

That's the part about Santa Anita I don't like. That god damn inflatable slide in the infield blocks the view of the race. Same with that humongtard jumbotron.

[DerbyCat]

Two weeks ago I went back down to California for a visit and went to Bay Meadows on a Thursday (ok, I also went Friday, Saturday and Sunday, but that's not the point ) - I got there early, got a clubhouse box on the finish line, sat in the sun and capped. Around the third race, my brother looked over at me and asked, "what the h*ll is that look on your face?" I realized I was at peace, there was no place on earth that I would rather have been at that very moment. Warmth, sun, horses running, a cold beer, my brother, my best friend... what more could I want? The track a depressing place? Far from it, to me it's heaven....

My name is DerbyCat, and I'm a Trackaholic.