The past two mornings I have been enjoying the coverage from Royal Ascot, fancy dress, royal carriages and all. I found myself thinking that it was a real pity that we could never use such a race venue for one of our contests for a whole variety of reasons, i.e. they only have 7 races on their card; some of the fields have as many as 24 or more entrants; getting pp's could be a real challenge for some of us, and even if we had pp's, the lack of familiarity with many of the horses, jockeys and trainers would make for a guessing game; and finally, the elephant in the room, the time zone differences mean that one needs to arise very early to get scratches and enter picks before first post. The further West one lives, the greater the problem becomes.
I'm not advocating that we play Royal Ascot, only bemoaning the fact that we can't. The racing has been very interesting and the scenery magnificent.
To more seriously respond to your question Don, if you would like to designate Lone Star, I'm game for it, not having looked at any LS races since the BC was held there.
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