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Originally Posted by TheSpyder
May go this year and have done the in field several times. Is it possible to get tickets so I can see what is going on? Where? Nothing fancy but at least a seat where I don;t get run over by drunks???
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Spyder,
My recommendation would be to go, accepting you might end up in the field, and with an advance "we'll have a good time in the field...or wherever" attitude.
But, when you get there.....at 8AM or 9AM....walk outside looking for tickets.
In the 1989 Derby the weather was unexpectedly cold. I had infield tickets as an insurance policy, but then scored some seated tickets on the clubhouse turn for slightly below cost.
I then found some grandstand tickets at cost, and took my clubhouse turn tickets back to the infield ticket line and sold them......and my original tickets.... for a little personal profit.
It's a long story, but I ended up spending most of the day in a box held by one of the Derby trainer's families. They didn't show up until after Kentucky Derby paddock time. When I apologized for being in their place, they insisted we (me and my wife at the time) stay.
His horse was in contention until the top of the stretch. It was electric being there.
All that aside, it is possible to broker with reasonable and good people on the day of the Kentucky Derby.
(hint: go to where the charter tour bus parking area is located......the tour operators usually have no shows and a few tickets to unload.....I've scored there on three occasions....
.....or further hint.....just go the The Belmont. Just the 8th race on Saturday, and seats are plentiful!)