Venue for August 3 - Mountaineer
 

Real Quiet is unavailable for a couple of days this week and asked me to post this notice of venue for him. His parting comment stated, "Almost heaven, West Virginia; Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River."

So, to follow his wishes we will be taking Country Roads to the banks of the Ohio River for a rare afternoon of racing at Mountaineer Racetrack.

It's West Virginia Derby day, with stakes races that seem to honor just about every politician in the state. The first post for this 9 race card will be 2:00 PM Eastern time.

Look forward to seeing all of you in the starting gate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTeUdJky9rY

Revenge Best Served With Catnip
 

THE REVENGE OF THE "ROCKY MOUNTAINEER HIGH"
RQ = Stealing My Repeat At The Wire :eek: :mad:
Deserves A Catnip Ladened Rambunctious Revenge! :tro:

Or ~ Is That Only Feline WishFul Thinkin? :zz:

This is West Virginia we are talking about. RQ wouldn't need any catnip ladened products for inspiration; there are plenty of "hollers" where they brew potent beverages while the moon shines.

Too Bad Saratoga Stellar Card
On SAME DAY As MOUNTAINEER :(

A Bit Surprised We Did Not Include WHITNEY As Bonus :confused: :eek: :zz:

It is a superb card at Saratoga, with the Whitney the Test, the Lure, the Troy and the De La Rose. All are worth watching and I'll bet a number of us will do just that. If you participate in publichandicapper.com, their 4 contest races tomorrow are all from the Spa, including the Whitney.

Fortunately, there are a number of equally fantastic Saturday cards upcoming at Saratoga; next Saturday will feature the Fourstardave, then the Alabama the following Saturday, and of course the amazing card on Travers day. I have every hope that we will spend several (or lots) of our Saturdays at the Spa before the meet ends.

I happen to be one of those who thinks that adding races from other tracks as a "bonus" is not necessarily a great thing for our contests. It clearly makes more work for the scorers, and for those who like to spend time thoroughly analyzing each race, just adding additional races can be a negative rather than a positive. Just my opinion - I'm sure not everyone shares it.

Scratches galore at Mountaineer. Who picked this ridiculous track? Ooopppsss
It was Ridiculous Quiet!

Well sometimes ya just gotta buck the norm and you did!!!:D We'll all live to "fight" another day at Saratoga.

Saratoga:confused::confused::confused: My second venue choice was Assiniboia