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10-04-2007, 07:29 PM
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10-04-2007, 08:30 PM
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haha these are comical observations. How often do you visit these facilities truthfully???
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10-04-2007, 09:35 PM
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I too had the prime rib buffet, and it was actually well above par for Turfway. The service was well above par for Turfway too, but it appeared that they had staffed up quite a bit for the day.
I would never call either of the facilities in question top notch, but the facilities at Turfway are, overall, head and shoulders above the River. If you made the claim that the outdoor setting is better at River, you'd have a point, but not on the inside. The clubhouse at River is hardly anything to write home about.
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10-04-2007, 09:49 PM
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River does have the best looking announcer in Southern Ohio, you gotta give them that.
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10-05-2007, 09:00 AM
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 Personally i like the enclosed grandstand at Turfway, since it's usually freezing there (note: not "their"), although i agree that the concessions in that area are extremely lacking. The lower level simo area is crowded and smoky and gross, but the dining room is nice. Their buffet on a normal day is not anywhere near the prime rib you are describing though. All in all, i find Turfway to be "adequate"... i love the new paddock, and the areas where i sit can be dealt with as long as i have a pretzel and $3.50 large beer in hand. Locals are used to going to Turfway twice a year, for Lane's End day and Kentucky Cup day. No need to change it. The corrogated aluminum roof & siding of the grandstand? Perhaps. But not the venue.
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10-05-2007, 12:59 PM
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I took a friend to Turfway earlier this year. He loves to play Turfway and does quite well, so he really wanted to see the track. I told him not to expect too much, but he was really excited the whole ride up there. After After we left, he told me on the way home that "Turfway makes Ellis Park look like the Taj Mahal". To go even further, he said Turfway was bologna, and Ellis Park was a Porterhouse. Needless to say, he wasn't impressed. Not to get off subject, but would it really be worth making a trip from western Kentucky to check out River Downs? From some of the posts in this thread, I know it won't be a Porterhouse, but I'm not driving that far for bologna, either.
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10-05-2007, 10:58 AM
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10-05-2007, 11:06 AM
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i absolutely love river and its a very nice track for a "little" track but saying a big race should be moved from kentucky to anywhere well.............you already read some of the responses! as far as people being out there to simply enjoy the day and drink its like that at many of racetracks. go visit keeneland for example, its a big party everyday out there. also the same at even smaller tracks like canterbury, ask PM how many are out there basically just to drink on a friday night. hey whatever can be done to get people in the track should be done, the game needs all the help it can get!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my only real gripe with turfway is the shipping barn! we shipped and ran a few there this past winter and its probaly colder inside the shipping barn than it is outside lol. the barn got floooded one time, another time the washracks were frozen etc etc. luckily they do have a heated room inside of it where you can get some snacks(if the machine dont steal your money) and watch the races and warm up
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