Monmouth Crowd Larger than Belmont Crowd

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Originally Posted by Linny

Blackthroat...to my mind, the boxes looked empty. I'm sure that there were many more there than most Saturdays but compared to the last 2 years JCGC days, it was deserted. I was expecting that it "might" look like at least Gold Cup day. Wishful thinking...

I hear you. I guess it's just a case of " everything is relative " and considering I am one of the few that sits there pretty much every day it at least felt like it was crowded Saturday.

I think one of the biggest problems, so to speak, is that July, especially after the holiday weekend, is even more quiet at Belmont than normal, as it's almost a dead zone before Saratoga, and Curlin's appearance sort of caught the general populace by surprise. Also, unlike a lot of people, I don't particularly believe that a supposed " superstar " racing can save the game ( whatever that means ). Sadly, it's just not that big a deal, especially in NYC where nothing is that big a deal.