make your trip plans for Beantown!!!!!

[The Bid]

Thrilled to hear they are going to run the Masscap this year

The only news better would be if they ran it at Rockingham Park

[XIIPointStables]

Agreed! I love the Rock.

If they run it in late September (9/22, 9/29) NIGHT Sox games both nights.

So we got that going for us.

[ARyan]

Originally Posted by XIIPointStables

Agreed! I love the Rock.

If they run it in late September (9/22, 9/29) NIGHT Sox games both nights.

So we got that going for us.

Talk about a party!!

[Suffolk Shippers]

Should be a great day.

The last Mass Cap was a great race with Funny Cide and Offlee Wild, and there was a solid crowd on hand that day...and I hit the pick 4

Already looking forward to it this fall.

[boswd]

A Holiday Inn right next to the track!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Indian Charlie]

how nice of a track is suffolk?

i've lived here now for 4 years and have contemplated a trip to suffolk, but the area its in looks pretty bleak.

i guess it's that though, or scarborough downs.

[XIIPointStables]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

how nice of a track is suffolk?

i've lived here now for 4 years and have contemplated a trip to suffolk, but the area its in looks pretty bleak.

i guess it's that though, or scarborough downs.

Let's Rock, Rockingham Park...LET'S ROCK!

[Bystander]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

how nice of a track is suffolk?

i've lived here now for 4 years and have contemplated a trip to suffolk, but the area its in looks pretty bleak.

i guess it's that though, or scarborough downs.

It's really not that bad. And the surrounding area's just that strip of 1-A with gas stations, Logan satellite parking, and gas tanks. Scenic- no. But the parking's free, and there are plenty of seats outdoors if the weather's nice.
I've heard here and from others that they've done some sprucing-up, so this would be the time to go while they're actually spending some $ on the property.

[SuffolkGirl]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

how nice of a track is suffolk?

i've lived here now for 4 years and have contemplated a trip to suffolk, but the area its in looks pretty bleak.

i guess it's that though, or scarborough downs.

Suffolk isn't that bad at all. As my home track I have to love it. I know I will get lots of excoriating comments with this statement: It definitely beats Rockingham Park. Especially since there is no smoking inside. Walking into Rockingham Park you experience instant asphyxiation from the ubiquitous cloud of cigarette smoke. On a good day at Suffolk Downs you can get a beautiful ocean breeze (the Atlantic is about 1/2 mile east - or 4 furlongs if you prefer)

If you aren't far it is definitely worth the trip. And if you are far the MassCap is worth the ride.

When the MassCap was tentatively moved to the fall last year and then ultimately cancelled, it was thougth that it might be used as a prep race for the Breeder's Cup races. Maybe that is the thought here. The last MassCap with Funny Cide and Offlee Wild was great to watch. A good turn out without being completely mobbed.

I hope to see lots of DTers there.