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randallscott35
05-30-2006, 07:02 PM
Of the ones you haven't seen yet. I would like to see 2. Haven't been to Churchill yet. And Del Mar sounds like a good time.

My faves are Saratoga and Belmont.

packerbacker7964
05-30-2006, 07:04 PM
I'd have to say Toga and Churchill. I know i play the pony's and I've been to the Hill but hey I'm still young.

1st_Saturday_in_May
05-30-2006, 07:14 PM
Without a doubt it is Saratoga

Hickory Hill Hoff
05-30-2006, 07:20 PM
The Spaaa and Woodbine, great turf course!

Scav
05-30-2006, 07:36 PM
Sha Tin looks like the ish in Japan, that tote board looks awesome.

USA based tracks, I would have to say in any order

Del Mar, Toga, New Gulfstream(been to old one), Santa Anita, Colonial

Been to: Keeneland(meet was closed when I went though), Old Gulfstream, Arlington, Hawthorne

deltaforce97
05-30-2006, 07:39 PM
Been to Churchill and Saratoga(the best). I want to see Del Mar. My brother just moved out to southern Cal, so hopefully I can make that one happen!!!

Gauchos0522
05-30-2006, 07:50 PM
Went to 'Toga last year and was in heaven. Definetly want to check out Churchill, Belmont, and Del Mar someday.

Hoisttheflag
05-30-2006, 07:51 PM
Del Mar is my number one and Newmarket #2. Saratoga and Keeneland are tied for #3. I would like to visit the Curragh.

PSH
05-30-2006, 07:57 PM
Without a doubt number 1 is Saratoga...:) :)

2. Keeneland (before it gets poly)

3. Belmont

3. Del Mar

Big gap from 1 to 2

deltaforce97
05-30-2006, 07:59 PM
I think you are too late for "non-poly" Keeneland. I think it is supposed to be in for the fall meet.

oracle80
05-30-2006, 08:04 PM
I think you are too late for "non-poly" Keeneland. I think it is supposed to be in for the fall meet.

I guess I'd like to see Del Mar but that will never happen. Since it coiincides with Saratoga, I'd have to miss some of saratoga to see it, no thanks.

Oaklawn is the place I'd really like to see, its about the only one I havent been to that I watch and think that I would like to see that I havent been to already.

Scurlogue Champ
05-30-2006, 08:05 PM
I would like to see Longchamp......and Epsom, and York.

Cajungator26
05-30-2006, 08:18 PM
Saratoga. :D

kentuckyrosesinmay
05-30-2006, 08:36 PM
Without a doubt it is Saratoga

Same here.

zippyneedsawin
05-30-2006, 09:53 PM
Del Mar is my top choice for tracks I haven't been to.

Crown@club
05-30-2006, 11:01 PM
Belmont, GP, and TOGA! TOGA! TOGA! TOGA!

Thoroughbred Fan
05-30-2006, 11:40 PM
Gulfstream and Lone Star

goingtothewhip
05-31-2006, 04:09 AM
Saratoga

If I lived anywhere else....it would be Del Mar by a mile though. North County San Diego is pretty much the most beautiful part of the continental U.S. imo. Throw in a track by the ocean that features top shelf racing and seems to repel the degenerates......you have a race fans dream vacation spot.

Dunbar
05-31-2006, 05:50 AM
Fav I've been to: Hialeah. Loved the Spanish architecture, the flamingoes, and the flowers. But I agree that Del Mar is awfully nice, too.

#1 still to see: Saratoga. I've made 2 trips to the Racing Museum, but still haven't caught the track during its season.

--Dunbar

ptgiven
05-31-2006, 07:40 AM
well since i'm from the saratoga area i've been there numerous times so i would have to say i would love to visit santa anita and del mar...one day i'll have to put up the money to travel to the west coast

SentToStud
05-31-2006, 08:11 AM
Been to....
GP, Hialeah (unbelieveably beautiful 25 years ago), Calder, Delta, Lonestar, Manor, Fairgrounds (Christmas Eve, mid-70's... a horse named Santa Claus won... in the stretch, announcer starts singing, "... Here Comes Santa Claus, here comes .....,".... true story, you can look it up), Louisiana, Oaklawn Park, Turf Paradise, Agua Caliente, Del Mar (Don Rickles was in the box next to ours), Los Al, Hollywood, Santa Anita, Canterbury (very nice), Prairie, Sportsmans, Hawthorne, Arlington, Hawthorne, Washington PArk (burned down late 70's or so), Ellis, Churchill, Kentucky Downs ( a sleeper favorite of mine), Keeneland, DRC, Hazel, Mt Pleasant (another sleeper.... mixed meet... fun spot), Woodbine, Ft Erie, Belmont, Aqueduct, Pimlico.

My favorite of the places I've seen.... Hialeah, Del Mar, Keeneland, Agua Caliente.

Where I need to get to....

3. Monmouth
2. Colonial
... and, before I die,
1. Saratoga

slotdirt
05-31-2006, 08:19 AM
Del Mar is THE US track that I want to get to that I haven't seen. Also want to get to SA on that goofy Canadian Boxing Day holiday or whatever they call it.

hoovesupsideyourhead
05-31-2006, 08:20 AM
from the sounds of this board if you havent been to toga its on your list...so will there be a summit......:)

Samarta
05-31-2006, 09:28 AM
Saratoga is #1 on the list for sure....never been to West Coast Tracks...been all up and down the east, (except for Toga)

2MinsToPost
05-31-2006, 09:37 AM
I have been to Keeneland, Thistledowns, Churchill, Beulah and River Downs.

In the next 2 or 3 years I am gearing for Gulfstream and Saratoga. I gotta pal up here who loves Tampa Bay, he goes down twice a year. Heck, he just bought a trailer a couple miles from the track (house trailer)

Nothing like Keeneland's atmosphere, so scenic

Churchill is the bomb. I have never been to The Derby, don't care for big crowds. The fall meet is a lot of fun. I love the morning workouts, no matter what track.

slotdirt
05-31-2006, 09:42 AM
Saratoga is awesome. I've been there, Big Sandy, Charles Town, Penn National, Delaware, Laurel, Pimlico, the old Garden State (now super expensive condos and the like), and Churchill. Really want to hit Arlington as well as the ones I mentioned previously.

whorstman
05-31-2006, 09:59 AM
Saratoga sounds like a nice place. I wouldn't mind going to a Preakness too. Pimlico dosn't look like the best, but if you can BYOB, I'm down w/ that.:cool:

Crown@club
05-31-2006, 10:42 AM
I forgot to add Hollywood to my list of needing to visit with Belmont, GP, and TOGA! TOGA! TOGA!

Been too:
Ellis Park - home - and still in construction might I add - I wonder if it will be ready by the end of July.
Churchill
Arlington
The Fairgrounds. Love to see this one going again