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Old 07-22-2008, 02:15 PM
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Old 07-22-2008, 02:34 PM
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Or something.
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Old 07-22-2008, 02:41 PM
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Yes, there is nothing quite like Saratoga.

90 degrees. 90% humidity. No air conditioning. Raining like hell.

By the 5th race the atmosphere is suffused with it's own uniquely Saratogan mixture of sweat, manure and failing body spray deoderant.

No offense but I'll take Del Mar.
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Old 07-22-2008, 02:53 PM
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Old 07-22-2008, 02:56 PM
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Yes, there is nothing quite like Saratoga.

90 degrees. 90% humidity. No air conditioning. Raining like hell.

By the 5th race the atmosphere is suffused with it's own uniquely Saratogan mixture of sweat, manure and failing body spray deoderant.

No offense but I'll take Del Mar.
Last year's weather was perfect at Saratoga, and the racing was 100 times better than Del Mar's debacle of a season.
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Old 07-22-2008, 03:09 PM
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Steve...a great read, as usual. Thank you for all you do.
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Old 07-22-2008, 03:15 PM
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Last year's weather was perfect at Saratoga, and the racing was 100 times better than Del Mar's debacle of a season.

except for Travers the worst day ever!
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Old 07-22-2008, 03:59 PM
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except for Travers the worst day ever!
i'm sure it's Bush's fault!


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Old 07-22-2008, 04:03 PM
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i'm sure it's Bush's fault!



Yes and its Bush's fault I went to the Horseshoe with Sniper the til the wee hours of the night before Travers too... So selling bbq in 1 million degree heat with 100% humidity for 10 hours was so great!
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Old 07-22-2008, 07:12 PM
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except for Travers the worst day ever!
you're right, it had to be 100* in the shade!
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Old 07-22-2008, 09:41 PM
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Thanks to all (uh, most.. ) for the kind comments. I had no idea when I started to write Tuesday morning that I would wander through my decades-long affiliation with Saratoga... Appreciate the thoughtful responses.
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Old 07-22-2008, 04:49 PM
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Yes, there is nothing quite like Saratoga.

90 degrees. 90% humidity. No air conditioning. Raining like hell.

By the 5th race the atmosphere is suffused with it's own uniquely Saratogan mixture of sweat, manure and failing body spray deoderant.

No offense but I'll take Del Mar.
Keep Del Mar. Give me Saratoga any time any day.
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Old 07-22-2008, 10:30 PM
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Yes, there is nothing quite like Saratoga.

90 degrees. 90% humidity. No air conditioning. Raining like hell.

By the 5th race the atmosphere is suffused with it's own uniquely Saratogan mixture of sweat, manure and failing body spray deoderant.

No offense but I'll take Del Mar.
Come Labor Day weekend sometime and then form your opinion. The crowds have thinned out, the weather has cooled, and the quality of racing then is as high as it is all meet. I'm pretty sure there isn't much better on Earth.
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