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Old 10-02-2006, 11:00 PM
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I can; it sucks.

Give me spacious Saratoga where the sun doesn't set in your eyes while your trying to watch a race.............
.......and they don't let everyone and their brother wander into the paddock so they can parade around like they are someone important.

No lie I put it behind Aqueduct in the ranking of tracks I have been to.
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Old 10-02-2006, 11:09 PM
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.......and they don't let everyone and their brother wander into the paddock so they can parade around like they are someone important.

No lie I put it behind Aqueduct in the ranking of tracks I have been to.
Nostrodamus and his brother ARE important! (I'm just kidding w/ you Nostro)
I'd place Oaklawn above Keeneland.
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Old 10-02-2006, 11:15 PM
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Look at the New York homers put down Keeneland.
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Old 10-02-2006, 11:17 PM
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Look at the New York homers put down Keeneland.
I love Churchill so it has nothing to do with that. I'd put Keeneland ahead of Saratoga Harness!
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Old 10-02-2006, 11:22 PM
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I'm a New Yorker, and I've been to Keeneland about sixty times, and I love it. I understand the complaints people have, and it is tough on a crowded or rainy/cold day, but I just love it there. Sorry, but there are too few racetracks left that are alive...and Keeneland is one of them.

I also love Lexington. I love going to the horse farms, I love driving around the area, and I love going to the bars at night. I wish the food didn't suck and I wish the bars stayed open til 4am, but you can't have everything....unless you live in NYC.
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Old 10-02-2006, 11:25 PM
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I'm a New Yorker, and I've been to Keeneland about sixty times, and I love it. I understand the complaints people have, and it is tough on a crowded or rainy/cold day, but I just love it there. Sorry, but there are too few racetracks left that are alive...and Keeneland is one of them.

I also love Lexington. I love going to the horse farms, I love driving around the area, and I love going to the bars at night. I wish the food didn't suck and I wish the bars stayed open til 4am, but you can't have everything....unless you live in NYC.
That's why the short drive to Louisville is a must after a day at Keeneland. Decent food and nightlife.
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Old 10-02-2006, 11:29 PM
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That's why the short drive to Louisville is a must after a day at Keeneland. Decent food and nightlife.
The problem is drinking and driving. Plus, I enjoy the Lexington nightlife, at least for the few days I spend there.
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Old 10-03-2006, 10:00 AM
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That's why the short drive to Louisville is a must after a day at Keeneland. Decent food and nightlife.
4th Street Live! (or is it the other way around?) does ROCK!
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Old 10-03-2006, 06:40 AM
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I'm a New Yorker, and I've been to Keeneland about sixty times, and I love it. I understand the complaints people have, and it is tough on a crowded or rainy/cold day, but I just love it there. Sorry, but there are too few racetracks left that are alive...and Keeneland is one of them.

I also love Lexington. I love going to the horse farms, I love driving around the area, and I love going to the bars at night. I wish the food didn't suck and I wish the bars stayed open til 4am, but you can't have everything....unless you live in NYC.
Even some of us young 'uns can't hack it past 2 AM! But you're right on the money about the abundance of Rafferty's and O'Charley's and Applebees Worth it for the bluegrass & fresh air, though...
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Old 10-03-2006, 07:11 AM
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I'm a New Yorker, and I've been to Keeneland about sixty times, and I love it. I understand the complaints people have, and it is tough on a crowded or rainy/cold day, but I just love it there. Sorry, but there are too few racetracks left that are alive...and Keeneland is one of them.

I also love Lexington. I love going to the horse farms, I love driving around the area, and I love going to the bars at night. I wish the food didn't suck and I wish the bars stayed open til 4am, but you can't have everything....unless you live in NYC.

I went to a Wedding this weekend in Paris, KY, I had to drive from Winchester to Paris on a back road, it was a beautiful Fall day and the drive was just amazing, drove right past Claiborne and some other farms, seeing some of the young horses out in the fields, it was really a great drive...

The rehearsal dinner was at a place called Dudley's, food wasn't bad there, probably the best I have had in Lexington, never been to NYC, so I can't compare it to that, but it wasn't bad, better than I expected for a rehearsal dinner...
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Old 10-03-2006, 10:11 AM
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I went to a Wedding this weekend in Paris, KY, I had to drive from Winchester to Paris on a back road, it was a beautiful Fall day and the drive was just amazing, drove right past Claiborne and some other farms, seeing some of the young horses out in the fields, it was really a great drive...

The rehearsal dinner was at a place called Dudley's, food wasn't bad there, probably the best I have had in Lexington, never been to NYC, so I can't compare it to that, but it wasn't bad, better than I expected for a rehearsal dinner...
Dudley's is OK....probably one of the best spots to eat in town.

I love going to Claiborne. I've been there four times. The first time I went I had a difficult time understanding the guide that was showing me around. He kept saying " Secretariat's buried HO ". I finally realized he meant " Whole ".
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Old 10-03-2006, 09:59 AM
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I'm a New Yorker, and I've been to Keeneland about sixty times, and I love it. I understand the complaints people have, and it is tough on a crowded or rainy/cold day, but I just love it there. Sorry, but there are too few racetracks left that are alive...and Keeneland is one of them.

I also love Lexington. I love going to the horse farms, I love driving around the area, and I love going to the bars at night. I wish the food didn't suck and I wish the bars stayed open til 4am, but you can't have everything....unless you live in NYC.
I'm a New Englander all the way...I moved to Lexington last spring and it never felt like home so I came back.
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