Saratoga For Me, Every Place Else A Distant Second. Hialeah Was A Beauty Too Bad Brunetti Would Not Spend Money To Upkeep Whenit Was Open And Sadly It Will Never Be Back. How Bout Ugliest Tracks I Will Name Two Calder And Finger Lakes, Whatcha Think.

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The best scenery is easily Santa Anita. The view is outstanding.
The best atmosphere is Saratoga. I want my ashes spread over the place.
The prettiest is Hialeah

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Beulah Park on a snowy gray January day

that ryhmes:p

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Beulah is in pretty tough shape but one thing is that they keep it fairly clean. I mean, it's old, built in '23 or something, but at least it's clean. I always have a good time when I go there.

Of the Ohio tracks, River Downs is actually pretty attractive. It's bargain basement racing with nickle claimers and such but it's an attractive place.

The place that gets worse every year is Turfway. It's an absolute pigsty. The doors are falling off the restroom stalls, the floor's filthy, there's rust dripping down the sides of the building. I'm surprised they even get anybody to insure the place -- the stairs and landings near the paddock are so rusty that I wouldn't be suprised to see them collapse and kill some people. Some of the beams are eaten away with serious rust.

Of the tracks I've seen it would have to be Keeneland for sheer beauty although Churchill Downs on a big race day may be even better.

Never been to Arlington Park but I hear it's the bomb. I've never heard anyone knock it and I've heard a lot of people say it's the cleanest track around.

Arlington is tremendous. If you live around Cincy, its about a 5 to 5 1/2 hour drive but well worth it. Besides AP, I'd have to put Hialeah up there. I should add I've never been to SA or Kee (hope to hit Kee this spring).

arlington of course is the most beautiful track in the entire world! however i am surprised some of you guys didnt mention GLD or fairmount LMFAO!!!!!!!!! aight back to being serious a couple of nice smaller tracks are indiana downs and river downs. both within less than 2hrs from one another

COLONIAL DOWNS:cool:

Beulah has the twins..

Fairmont Park is just plain sad.

Keeneland.

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Nicest (I have personally seen): Saratoga, Churchill (mostly b/c of the history)
Want to see (before I die): Santa Anita, Royal Ascot, Woodbine
Places I wouldn’t go if the entire forum bank-rolled me: ANYWHERE in OHIO, does the state as a whole even have 1 turf course? A close 2nd is Philly Park


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River Downs has a turf course, it's actually a nice little track, I would go to River Downs over Turfway any day of the week, they have better horses at Turfway, but the place is depressing...

Ugliest is Turfway or Beulah or Great Lakes Downs. Nicest I would have to say Keeneland or Santa Anita. I haven't been to Saratoga so I can say anything. But any racetrack is pretty when I leave with a couple of bucks up.

well i didn't know that, thanks Point. If i was in the 'Natti and i was jonesing for a race track, i would take the 70+ mile treck to Churchill. Turfway is probably one of my least favorite tracks, I've never scene so many 30-1+ shots win anywhere else with such ease (maybe at Calder). Then every race Leporoux (sp) rides there they knock him down to 6-5 like he's the next Pat Day. All and all, for me, it's an IMPOSSIBLE track to cap.

The only way you would find me @ River Downs (or any OHIO track) is if Pete Rose himself asked me for help on the late and early PK3

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