make your trip plans for Beantown!!!!!

[MISTERGEE]

any of you from up that way know the future of any of the new england fair meets. i used to love going to great barrington, marshfield, northhampton, etc.

[XIIPointStables]

Originally Posted by MISTERGEE

any of you from up that way know the future of any of the new england fair meets. i used to love going to great barrington, marshfield, northhampton, etc.

I'm pretty sure all are gone, with Northhampton being the last to close.

I just read Beyer's "My $50,000 Year at the Races" and felt cheated that I never was able to go to those fairs.

As best I can tell, there is nothing this summer up these parts, but I'd love to find out I was wrong.

[Rileyoriley]

Originally Posted by MISTERGEE

any of you from up that way know the future of any of the new england fair meets. i used to love going to great barrington, marshfield, northhampton, etc.

First 2 are gone. Northampton did have a few races on the weekends last year. Not sure about this year. It's always around Labor Day. I'll let you know as the time gets closer. I have some friends who take a couple of horses there so they should know.

[DJK]

It takes us about 2 1/2 hours to get to Suffolk from our home in Connecticut, so I haven't been there since the last MassCap. (We're also about 2 1/2 hrs from Saratoga, and ??? depending on traffic etc from Belmont) But I will certainly return, if I can, for a new MassCap.

Although it does not take too long for me to go to Northampton, I never went to the races there. I think it was just too jarring after weekends at Saratoga.