Monmouth - Breeders Cup 2007

Originally Posted by eurobounce

What happened at Arlington?

What happened?
A fortune just to get in the place.
Freezing cold.
Those who were stuck outside told me of standing water in the restrooms, cold food, and cold coffee.
Rained and they had to scrape the track to make it fast.
No DRF's whatsoever available for the next day's races, you couldn't even buy one walking out.

[slotdirt]

I have to confess to resenting all of these anti-Jersey sentiments. Monmouth is a great park, Hoboken is an absolutely fantastic town, and there are lots of really great parts of New Jersey.

I can't defend Trenton, Camden, Newark, or the Amboys though. Not at all.

[slotdirt]

And the irony! The post I make defending Jersey takes me from Hippodrome Bluebonnets to....Monmouth Park!

Traffic is an absolute nightmare on Haskell day, or any weekend during the meet for that matter since you get stuck in all the shore traffic. The crowds won't be flocking to the beaches in November obviously, so that should help to alleviate some of the problem. The lack of permanent seats will definitely be an issue. Despite the less than ideal setup, I will probably be there. I made the trip to Louisville this year so it seems silly if I don't make the short trip from Philly to a track I go to 5-10 times during its normal meet.

[blackthroatedwind]

I also imagine there will be extra trains which will make it much easier.

[Bystander]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

I have to confess to resenting all of these anti-Jersey sentiments. Monmouth is a great park, Hoboken is an absolutely fantastic town, and there are lots of really great parts of New Jersey.

I can't defend Trenton, Camden, Newark, or the Amboys though. Not at all.

I'll agree, I drove from Boston to Princeton for Thanksgiving, via 87/287 (or whatever kept me off the turnpike.) I went through some really lovely parts of NJ. I was surprised.

[uscrules]

princeton is an absolute gorgeous school. i looked there but couldnt take being away from the so cal weather so i stayed and was a very small fish in a huge pond out here. cant say i drove through the state of NJ but what i saw in the surroundings of princeton was spectacular.

[Bystander]

Originally Posted by uscrules

princeton is an absolute gorgeous school. i looked there but couldnt take being away from the so cal weather so i stayed and was a very small fish in a huge pond out here. cant say i drove through the state of NJ but what i saw in the surroundings of princeton was spectacular.

Yup, the whole city (town?) of Princeton is very nice. I drove past Gladstone too, the USET's got a great set up there, I had no idea there was so much nice NJ countryside.

[blackthroatedwind]

Of course Princeton is nice. I was born there.

[Bystander]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Of course Princeton is nice. I was born there.

Surprisingly, the chamber of commerce had no directions to find the plaque marking your birthplace. Perhaps the historical society could have helped?

Originally Posted by oracle80

What happened?
A fortune just to get in the place.
Freezing cold.
Those who were stuck outside told me of standing water in the restrooms, cold food, and cold coffee.
Rained and they had to scrape the track to make it fast.
No DRF's whatsoever available for the next day's races, you couldn't even buy one walking out.

Geez.....we drive up from Indy the wife got sick so we pulled off right outside of Gary, IN and got a hotel room. We watched the races and she got sick all night. The silver lining is that she got sick because she was pregnant. So I guess all in all it was a nice BC for me.