burnsy
09-03-2013, 12:18 PM
At 50 years old, 6 and 1/2 weeks of fun goes by in an instance. An old friend of mine thats not around any more once told me......"Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer to the end you get the faster it goes by." As for the summers up here truer words could not be spoken.
The weather was spectacular and so was the racing. Johnny v made Saratoga winning history. Wise Dan and Royal Delta proved their mettle winning at the "graveyard of favorites". Laughing and Princess of Sylmar each won twice. We even posssibly saw a budding star in Strong Mandate yesterday as he won in a romp of the Hopeful.
With all the ups of Saratoga there were some downs.......horse racing is like real life, its not just a game. There was the break down of Saginaw, the injury to Joel Rosario and a Travers "buzzer" controversy. Nothing in life is perfect....even in horse racing.
But as usual i had a ball, this year i made a little money and i'm still around able to write about it.....thats a true trifecta in my eyes....because, hopefully, i'll be around next year to do it all over again!
The weather was spectacular and so was the racing. Johnny v made Saratoga winning history. Wise Dan and Royal Delta proved their mettle winning at the "graveyard of favorites". Laughing and Princess of Sylmar each won twice. We even posssibly saw a budding star in Strong Mandate yesterday as he won in a romp of the Hopeful.
With all the ups of Saratoga there were some downs.......horse racing is like real life, its not just a game. There was the break down of Saginaw, the injury to Joel Rosario and a Travers "buzzer" controversy. Nothing in life is perfect....even in horse racing.
But as usual i had a ball, this year i made a little money and i'm still around able to write about it.....thats a true trifecta in my eyes....because, hopefully, i'll be around next year to do it all over again!