Pimlico Infield

[NTamm1215]

How is it possible that handle was up despite all those huge bettors from the infield not showing?

I've never been to the Preakness but a trip to youtube to see old videos from the infield is enough to convince me that changing the alcohol policy was a terrific idea.

NT

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

How is it possible that handle was up despite all those huge bettors from the infield not showing?

I've never been to the Preakness but a trip to youtube to see old videos from the infield is enough to convince me that changing the alcohol policy was a terrific idea.

NT

But the beer cans upside the head...
The pageantry, the skill involved in
negotiating frictionless port-a-potty
roof tops.

Im choking up a bit here.

Well if it isn't funny the first time then give it a go a few more until people want to throw cans at your head.

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

Well if it isn't funny the first time then give it a go a few more until people want to throw cans at your head.

Mr. Congeniality speaks.

Did you laugh after you set
your grandma on fire?

[cowgirlintexas]

Originally Posted by pgardn

But the beer cans upside the head...
The pageantry, the skill involved in
negotiating frictionless port-a-potty
roof tops.

Im choking up a bit here.

[tanner12oz]

i was at pimlico yesterday and it was pretty thin.....the apron area was about the same but you noticed a big change in the park and ride, shuttle volume. i heard alot of folks that were in the infield complaining on the way home. i think pimlico tried to keep them happy with zztop and some decent big name bands...

[slotdirt]

Honestly, the whole bringing in your own beer thing just had to stop at the Preakness. I'm sorry, but that was just a lawsuit waiting to happen, and when you're a company in bankruptcy, I have to presume you just can't afford that kind of liability.

Incidentally, beers were $3.50 at the Preakness yesterday, which is half of what they charge at the Derby infield. As much as West Baltimore is a hole, let's be honest here, where Churchill sits in Louisville isn't exact an oasis either.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

Honestly, the whole bringing in your own beer thing just had to stop at the Preakness. I'm sorry, but that was just a lawsuit waiting to happen, and when you're a company in bankruptcy, I have to presume you just can't afford that kind of liability.

Incidentally, beers were $3.50 at the Preakness yesterday, which is half of what they charge at the Derby infield. As much as West Baltimore is a hole, let's be honest here, where Churchill sits in Louisville isn't exact an oasis either.

i read that beer was actually only a buck the first few hours. as one guy said, i can't get wasted...i still remember the idiot running onto the track and taking a swipe at a horse as it ran by a few years back. that moron could have been killed, or caused a really bad incident. lawsuits filed by the day, i'm surprised it took them this long too.

[Bigsmc]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i read that beer was actually only a buck the first few hours. as one guy said, i can't get wasted...i still remember the idiot running onto the track and taking a swipe at a horse as it ran by a few years back. that moron could have been killed, or caused a really bad incident. lawsuits filed by the day, i'm surprised it took them this long too.

That was Artax leading them home. If my awful memory is correct.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Bigsmc

That was Artax leading them home. If my awful memory is correct.

It was, and he was the 6/5 favorite, and they had to refund all wagers on him. Probably cost the track $250k as they estimated something close to $2 million was bet through him.