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Post by Badactor on Feb 8, 2022 12:56:11 GMT -5
...but Belmont Park is on my list of tracks I'd like to visit.
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eye123
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Post by eye123 on Feb 8, 2022 13:08:43 GMT -5
Belmont and Roosevelt raceway were my stomping grounds growing up. 5 minute drive from high school. Roosevelt long gone, havn't been back to Belmont in a long time, but with all the development they have going on..pretty sure it's lost some of the luster of years past.
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Post by mattcoll on Feb 8, 2022 13:53:44 GMT -5
Belmont Park is one of my favorite places in the world. I liked it shivering with 50000 fans for Breeders Cup 2005. I like it on a spring Wed sitting on the mostly empty benches by the rail BYOB. I loved it for many Jockey Club Gold Cup days (now diluted into many cards of BC preps) when I saw lots of future hall of famers. The paddock / picnic area is great. Haven't been there in almost 5 years so I'm overdue.
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Post by spiderjohn on Feb 8, 2022 14:42:01 GMT -5
I'm with matt.....Belmont Park has always been one of my favorite racing venues.
Wide turns--two turf courses--top riders/trainers/runners--and the LIRR from Penn Station can drop you off at the grandstand gates. Used to be 3rd floor finish line guy until I moved a floor below. Easier trip to the paddock and back + entrance and exit levels. I always use the stairways to make it quick.
Crime/unrest has caused me to miss the last two Belmont Stakes runnings, and I have no plans to return this year. Wife and I spent Belmont Stakes week in Manhattan for 35 years. Best restaurants, shopping and entertainment in the country, accessible via subway(taxi only in the evening).
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Post by PonyGirlJCM on Feb 9, 2022 4:14:21 GMT -5
I know many have made the trek to Saratoga in order to meet other Forum members….. appears this may be an easier venue for some to get to …
I would consider a trip there if a day was set up…….
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Post by tenfurlongs on Feb 9, 2022 8:03:46 GMT -5
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