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10-17-2012, 06:38 PM
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I don't get the Keeneland hype... at all. Never have. It's beautiful and well done, but you better be there on a halfway warm, partly sunny day because if it's windy, dark, cold and rainy, it's miserable.
Of the 4 offered, Santa Anita to me is by far the most glorious with one of the most spectacular backdrop in sports. I'd put Keeneland behind it and Oaklawn ahead of Del Mar..
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10-17-2012, 06:54 PM
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Been to Keeneland, Santa Anita and Delmar and never had the desire to go to Oaklawn. Keeneland seemed a bit "stuffy' to me and I agree with Steve, SA is striking when the smog does not engulf the mountains. Del Mar is Del Mar ...pretty women, nice view of the ocean while the races are running .....and pretty women. So may order is......Santa Anita
Del mar Keeneland Oaklawn
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10-17-2012, 07:08 PM
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10-17-2012, 07:14 PM
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10-17-2012, 08:01 PM
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10-17-2012, 08:48 PM
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Oaklawn can be pretty cold and miserable at the beginning of the season too. I think it was year before last that they closed the track on President's Day after about the 3rd race because the track was frozen. Not unusual at all to have snow or worse an ice storm around opening day. End of the season, just the opposite. Everything green, azaleas blooming, trees in the infield blooming (apple blossoms?). Definitely recommend visiting later in the race meet.
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10-17-2012, 11:24 PM
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If they all had dirt surfaces, it would be a no brainer--Keeneland, by far, with Del Mar second. But I hate those frigging surfaces.
Santa Anita is very nice, so long as it is not 99 degrees and choked with smoke like BC 2003. Oaklawn is nice as well, not up with the other 3 IMO. The U of K girls at Keeneland--very nice if you are a dirty old man.
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10-17-2012, 11:25 PM
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If you like to see, meet, and greet some HOT,smokin' hot women,both on and off the track, Del Mar is your place. Plenty of eye candy everywhere. Keeneland is a must also,especially on college day. I would recommend Keeneland in the fall over spring,as the wind and the temp are sometimes brutal.
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10-18-2012, 04:03 PM
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10-19-2012, 09:19 AM
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10-19-2012, 03:21 PM
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10-19-2012, 04:29 PM
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10-18-2012, 03:02 PM
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10-18-2012, 07:17 PM
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but you better be there on a halfway warm, partly sunny day because if it's windy, dark, cold and rainy, it's miserable. Sounds like Aqueduct.
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10-18-2012, 08:09 PM
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10-18-2012, 08:30 PM
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10-18-2012, 08:45 PM
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What is wrong with Aqueduct? Where else can you go to the track with no grass, handicap in the stairwell and be high as a kite with plenty of time to bet the first, sit in any seat in the house and have no lines at the window?
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10-19-2012, 06:53 AM
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