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Old 12-08-2009, 08:34 PM
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I thought this would be a fun topic...what is your favorite opening day(weekend)?

Saratoga for me!
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Old 12-08-2009, 08:36 PM
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The only people who don't say Saratoga will be the ones who haven't been there.
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Old 12-08-2009, 08:42 PM
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The only people who don't say Saratoga will be the ones who haven't been there.
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Old 12-08-2009, 08:44 PM
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"Opening Game" at Cincinnati, when it was always the first baseball game of any season, used to be really special. But MLB screwed it up.
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Old 12-08-2009, 08:54 PM
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Belmont Spring Meet. After 6 months at the Big A, the weather is getting nice and the derby is usually a week away.
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Old 12-08-2009, 08:59 PM
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I thought this would be a fun topic...what is your favorite opening day(weekend)?

Saratoga for me!
Fair Grounds. When it opens on Thanksgiving.
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Old 12-08-2009, 08:59 PM
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It's not really an opening day.......but, the Thursday & Friday opening rounds of March Madness.
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Old 12-08-2009, 09:01 PM
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Old 12-08-2009, 09:13 PM
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The only people who don't say Saratoga will be the ones who haven't been there.
Which is why it's Arlington every year for me.
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Old 12-08-2009, 09:14 PM
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I thought this would be a fun topic...what is your favorite opening day(weekend)?

Saratoga for me!
Definitely Saratoga, but there are some other really good ones- Keeneland Spring opening weekend is ridiculously crazy and a much needed start to the spring- Kentucky blows in the winter; never been to it, but Santa Anita Dec 26th fits well with the holiday schedule; and Monmouth opening day starts off the Shore summer.
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Old 12-08-2009, 09:31 PM
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Opening day on the inner track because I realize the single best handicapper in the world is about to make me money..

Worst opening day....Saratoga because the shadows get longer and the races get shorter
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Old 12-08-2009, 09:51 PM
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Santa Anita, day after christmas,

Grade one race on opening day!
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Old 12-08-2009, 09:53 PM
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Hands down this coming Saturday. Opening day at Tampa will always be heads and shoulders above everything else to me, and yes I have been to opening day at Saratoga. I know the quality of horses isn't the greatest and the jockey colony is less than stellar, but the place is simply magical for me and has been for quite a few years now.

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Old 12-08-2009, 10:19 PM
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Keeneland Spring
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Old 12-08-2009, 10:24 PM
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It was not opening day

I will never forget seeing Saratoga this past August for the first time
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Old 12-08-2009, 10:34 PM
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Del Mar!! Nothing like gazing at cougars.....and race horses.
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Old 12-08-2009, 10:36 PM
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santa anita, emerald downs and Portland Meadows
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Old 12-08-2009, 10:49 PM
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The Keeneland fall opening weekend. The weather is usually nice compared to the spring meet. All of the graded breeders cup prep races are run opening weekend.
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Old 12-08-2009, 11:06 PM
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Hands down this coming Saturday. Opening day at Tampa will always be heads and shoulders above everything else to me, and yes I have been to opening day at Saratoga. I know the quality of horses isn't the greatest and the jockey colony is less than stellar, but the place is simply magical for me and has been for quite a few years now.

What can I say, I'm loyal to a fault.

Never apologize for a true and honest loyal love of one's heart Kev. The place is Churchill Downs on the first Saturday in May to you even it's the second Saturday in December. Smell a rose, kiss the baby and enjoy the day for all it offers......
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