The Many Loves of my Life

[joemama]

Sek, I live up in Williamsport so I now have my limitations.  But good thing about where I live is am 3-4 hours to lots of good stuff.

[joemama]

OMG, you were at Roosevelt.  Not many can say that. That European tour must have been special.  I\'d love to do that. And Tokoyo.  Very well Traveled I see.

[joemama]

Impressive.  Very well traveled.  Hopefully you won to pay for the trip.

[joemama]

Hit the 2nd race tri at Santa anita .  Hope those number keep coming in.

[joemama]

that\'s a impressive list.  I\'d love to get to Oaklawn.

[joemama]

This is ashamed what\'s happening to the sport.  More reason to try to take advantage of the big days.  Saratoga rules.

[joemama]

TO my knowledge the Borgata is the last place to book race in AC.

[joemama]

Yeah, and how many time have you done that.

[joemama]

Surely there\'s a few on your bucket list.

[magicnight]

joemama Wrote:
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> OMG, you were at Roosevelt.  Not many can say
> that. That European tour must have been special.
> I\'d love to do that. And Tokoyo.  Very well
> Traveled I see.

Roosevelt and the other NYC-area trotter tracks were all with my dad in the late 1970s. The international stuff came mostly one at a time and over a lot of years; side trips in the midst of business trips (mine or freeloading on the wife\'s). Just lucky and opportunistic. Would love to do a domestic road trip some day.

[joemama]

Nope , no man no Bowie.  Certainly have heard of it.  Have no idea of where it even was located. Cept Maryland I know.

[richiebee]

Fairmount1 Wrote:
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> Richiebee,
>
> Was Cahokia Downs still open while you were at
> Wash U?
>
> Might have closed before I was born but not sure.


Hey Fairmount:

Washington University was indeed conducting classes while I was in residence at
Fairmount (FP) and Cahokia (Cka). Each of these fine facilities offered both
thoroughbred and harness racing.

While I\'m here:

Saratoga
Belmont
Aqueduct
Meadowlands
Monmouth Park
Atlantic City
Garden State Park v2
Keystone/ Philadelphia Park
Penn National
Delaware Park
Pimlico
Timonium
Hialeah
Gulfstream Park
Calder
Fair Grounds
Oaklawn Park
Keeneland
Churchill
Latonia (Now Turfway)
Fairmount Park
Cahokia Downs
River Downs
Moscow Hippodrome (denied entry, maybe because I was wearing TG hat)

Jugheads:

Monticello
Yonkers
Meadowlands
Saratoga Harness
Pompano Park

Bucket List:

Santa Anita
Fort Erie
Arapahoe Park
Kentucky Downs

[miff]

Roosevelt International was always great, foreign trotters,esp from France were great horses.

[joemama]

Wow now that\'s a list. What are the asterisks for?  Too bad you missed the original Garden State Park.  I grew up 5 miles from there. Closest thing to Churchill Downs before it came to be what it is today.  There\'s a video on youtube recording the day it burned down. And I forgot Keystone.  Had a picture in the winners circle at that place being a hot walker.

[joemama]

Roosevelt was a 1 time affair for me doing it with some New York natives that were service buddies of mine.  Made a killing betting the 8 post and Ted wing.