Question For Saratoga Folks

[saratogabrit]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

it wasnt bad opening weekend, but the majority of the meet was extremely hot. Couple that with working in between a grill and a steamtable.. I was praying for rain most days but it never came.

By far the "hottest" Saratoga meet I've ever witnessed in the past 10 years I've been going.

Ya know its bad when you cant tell the difference between saratoga and florida some days!

I hear you but I thought it was overall the coolest meet of the 5 that I have attended. Travers Day was awful and 1 or 2 others but there surely can be no comparison to the 4-5 day period of last year that was centred around the abandoned Wednesday.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by saratogabrit

I hear you but I thought it was overall the coolest meet of the 5 that I have attended. Travers Day was awful and 1 or 2 others but there surely can be no comparison to the 4-5 day period of last year that was centred around the abandoned Wednesday.

that is true... I was at Saratoga last year for a week or two but not during that hot period, so I guess I cant judge.

The thing that sucked most this year was that it didnt really cool off at night that often. I'd rely on opening my bedroom windows to get a nice cool breeze because the air condition in the house was not that strong... and I did not get that cool breeze a lot of nights, it was just hot and sticky and its no fun to sleep in those conditions!

[boswd]

wasn't there that 1.5 to 2 week stretch where it was in the low to mid 70's? It was the two weeks leading up to The Travers. It was very very comfortable weather during that stretch.

[saratogabrit]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

that is true... I was at Saratoga last year for a week or two but not during that hot period, so I guess I cant judge.

The thing that sucked most this year was that it didnt really cool off at night that often. I'd rely on opening my bedroom windows to get a nice cool breeze because the air condition in the house was not that strong... and I did not get that cool breeze a lot of nights, it was just hot and sticky and its no fun to sleep in those conditions!

We played Bingo in St Clements Church Hall on the hottest night last Summer. You had to get there about 3 hours before play started to be by one of the fans on the tables