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Old 07-22-2008, 02:56 PM
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Yes, there is nothing quite like Saratoga.

90 degrees. 90% humidity. No air conditioning. Raining like hell.

By the 5th race the atmosphere is suffused with it's own uniquely Saratogan mixture of sweat, manure and failing body spray deoderant.

No offense but I'll take Del Mar.
Last year's weather was perfect at Saratoga, and the racing was 100 times better than Del Mar's debacle of a season.
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Old 07-22-2008, 03:09 PM
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Steve...a great read, as usual. Thank you for all you do.
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Old 07-22-2008, 03:15 PM
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Last year's weather was perfect at Saratoga, and the racing was 100 times better than Del Mar's debacle of a season.

except for Travers the worst day ever!
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Old 07-22-2008, 03:59 PM
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except for Travers the worst day ever!
i'm sure it's Bush's fault!


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Old 07-22-2008, 04:03 PM
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i'm sure it's Bush's fault!

Yes and its Bush's fault I went to the Horseshoe with Sniper the til the wee hours of the night before Travers too... So selling bbq in 1 million degree heat with 100% humidity for 10 hours was so great!
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Old 07-22-2008, 04:05 PM
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Yes and its Bush's fault I went to the Horseshoe with Sniper the til the wee hours of the night before Travers too... So selling bbq in 1 million degree heat with 100% humidity for 10 hours was so great!
LOL. It wasn't ten hours. You took mad breaks.
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Old 07-22-2008, 04:07 PM
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LOL. It wasn't ten hours. You took mad breaks.

You mean sweating my fat ass off while watching you cap all day!?

Or hitting that pick 4 and making like $18 from it!
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Old 07-22-2008, 04:13 PM
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You mean sweating my fat ass off while watching you cap all day!?

Or hitting that pick 4 and making like $18 from it!
Hey, I worked a lot the second half of the day and you guys still tried to give me like 5% of the tips.

If Sightseeing had held on for third, it would've been a good day..
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Old 07-22-2008, 07:12 PM
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except for Travers the worst day ever!
you're right, it had to be 100* in the shade!
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Old 07-22-2008, 09:41 PM
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Thanks to all (uh, most.. ) for the kind comments. I had no idea when I started to write Tuesday morning that I would wander through my decades-long affiliation with Saratoga... Appreciate the thoughtful responses.
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Old 07-22-2008, 09:51 PM
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You're welcome.
I laughed..
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Old 07-22-2008, 10:44 PM
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I laughed..
Bet it was not a big belly laugh.
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