I need a favor...

[Dave Schwartz]

I am trying to find some great pictures for the wall in my new studio. The theme I am hoping for is racetracks.

If you have any really good pictures of race tracks I'd really love to have them for my wall.

Since I am going to blow these pictures up to poster size, I need them to be very high resolution like 2,000 x 2,000 or larger. Yeah, I know... I am asking a lot. But, hey, they will be memorialized on my wall right next to my favorite picture:

http://www.horsestreet.com/BBSImages/PickingWinnerAtDmr.JPG

[Bruddah]

We ask ourselves why Race Track Mgmt. has no respect for the Bettor. This picture may be the clue we've been seeking to explain the disrespect. Truly a picture is worth a thousand words.

[Grits]

LOLOLOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL:lol: :lol: :lol:


Oh Dave, he's so engrossed--or is he just flat out--gross? I think its a little of both.

PA has got a few "pitchas" that I took at Saratoga, that he will post, I guess . . . when he gets around to them--sometime in the next 12 months! Bubbles took a bunch, too. But I doubt, (at least I know about the ones I shot) not a single one in the bunch look like your guy here at Del Mar.

[Foolish Pleasure]

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/08/02/nyregion/towns1/towns1-articleLarge.jpg


Not big enough but a great recent MED pic in the NY Times.

[Overlay]

I don't know if there's any way that you can extract this one from the Museum of Modern Art website. (I had a copy of it hanging in my dorm room in college.)

Big A (When Your Ship Comes In, It Just Might Be A Horse) (http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3ADE%3AI%3A1%7CG%3AH I%3AE%3A1&page_number=4830&template_id=1&sort_order=1)

[affirmedny]

there's a lot in google images:

[cj's dad]

Somehow after looking at these pics I am almost afraid to admit that I play the ponies !!

[Dave Schwartz]

CJ D,

LOL - I am happy to say that the first pic is not a self-portrait.

[Jay Trotter]

That is an awesome picture --- Jim from Taxi on the left and Richard Dreyfuss in the red shirt!

Dave, you can purchase pictures from the NY Times!:ThmbUp:


http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/08/02/nyregion/towns1/towns1-articleLarge.jpg


Not big enough but a great recent MED pic in the NY Times.

[Dave Schwartz]

PS: I am really looking for pictures of race tracks themselves, like Santa Anita, Saratoga Belmont, etc. I am thinking I will write to the tracks themselves.


Dave

[eastie]

That is an awesome picture --- Jim from Taxi on the left and Richard Dreyfuss in the red shirt!

Dave, you can purchase pictures from the NY Times!:ThmbUp:



looks a lot like TLG's crew :)

[Tom]

"I coulda been a contender!"

[Tom]

Toga at Aqueduct.....little known annual get-together. PA, seated, To his right, Grits, the Little Guy...and the guy with his fingers crossed....Zaf!

[HuggingTheRail]

Give it a few months, for the price you'd pay for the picture, you might be able to buy the actual track....

[beertapper]

lol...that photo made my day !!!!

there are some great photos in the library of congress archive

eg

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/pan.6a28410/

[PaceAdvantage]

Toga at Aqueduct.....little known annual get-together. PA, seated, To his right, Grits, the Little Guy...and the guy with his fingers crossed....Zaf!Now THAT was hilarious! :lol:

[PaceAdvantage]

PA has got a few "pitchas" that I took at Saratoga, that he will post, I guess . . . when he gets around to them--sometime in the next 12 months!Listen wisenheimer...oh never mind, the pix are up...

http://www.paceadvantage.com/gallery/albums.php

[Grits]

Listen wisenheimer...oh never mind, the pix are up...

http://www.paceadvantage.com/gallery/albums.php

And you with comments too!

The Big A photo has me laughing so hard I can't see straight. The guy in the blue and white rugby shirt and the plaid pants . . . . man, are some of these hilarious. Tom you're right about the other one, that's us 30 more years down the road.

[KingChas]

Dave,
Picked up a book years ago with pics of tracks and their configurations from the US and around the world.

"The World Atlas of Horseracing" by Julian Bedford.

Check it out.

[DJofSD]

There's one image that has stayed with me over the years, unfortunately, I don't remember the details -- what race, horse or the connections -- but I wish I had it as a picture. And if I did, I'd have it on my wall.

I believe it was a Breeder's Cup race. The owner of the winner is seen on camera with the trainer. She is very old and as her horse comes to the wire, the trainer has his arm around her, with his head close to hers, telling her what her horse is doing, and, as he crosses the wire, he's saying 'he won, he won' and the image of the joy and happiness of the both of them is very moving.

[illinoisbred]

There's one image that has stayed with me over the years, unfortunately, I don't remember the details -- what race, horse or the connections -- but I wish I had it as a picture. And if I did, I'd have it on my wall.

I believe it was a Breeder's Cup race. The owner of the winner is seen on camera with the trainer. She is very old and as her horse comes to the wire, the trainer has his arm around her, with his head close to hers, telling her what her horse is doing, and, as he crosses the wire, he's saying 'he won, he won' and the image of the joy and happiness of the both of them is very moving.
Are you thinking of Carl Nafzger and Mrs. Frances Genter on Unbridled's Kentucky Derby win?

[tucker6]

Toga at Aqueduct.....little known annual get-together. PA, seated, To his right, Grits, the Little Guy...and the guy with his fingers crossed....Zaf!PA looks confused and just a little nerdy.

[DJofSD]

Are you thinking of Carl Nafzger and Mrs. Frances Genter on Unbridled's Kentucky Derby win?
That is probably it. Not the BCC but the KY Derby. Thanks.

[joanied]

Are you thinking of Carl Nafzger and Mrs. Frances Genter on Unbridled's Kentucky Derby win?

I'm sure that's the one he is talking about...that segment is one of the greatest footage for racing ever...just look at Mrs. Genter's face...I never get tired of seeing it...it's goosebump stuff for me.

Dave...send jason a PM...his photos are outstanding...maybe he'll see your post, but me thinks he's kinda modest about his photography...the kid has tons of talent:ThmbUp:

[joanied]

Hey grits...great photos... wish I'd been there...you guys must have had a fabulous time!!

[46zilzal]

First Breeder's Cup race ever

[46zilzal]

Oriental Park Havana

[Stillriledup]

"I coulda been a contender!"

Is that real or a statue?

[joanied]

Is that real or a statue?

I remember when that happened...it's real:eek:

[beertapper]

Dave, any chance of getting a high res scan of your Del Mar poster? I'd love to get a print of it...

[Grits]

Hey grits...great photos... wish I'd been there...you guys must have had a fabulous time!!

I wish so much that you'd been there Joanie. It would have made our time all the more fun!!! Glad you enjoyed the "pitchas."

[Dave Schwartz]

It is a pretty big image. Wonder who could scan it... Maybe Kinkos.

Beth bought it at a garage sale for $1 and kept it hidden for 6+ months for my birthday. Great present!

[Grits]

It is a pretty big image. Wonder who could scan it... Maybe Kinkos.

Beth bought it at a garage sale for $1 and kept it hidden for 6+ months for my birthday. Great present!

Great present and an even greater sense of humor Beth has, Dave.;)

[mostpost]

Listen wisenheimer...oh never mind, the pix are up...

http://www.paceadvantage.com/gallery/albums.php
At last I can post something everyone here will agree with. Grits is way the best looking person in any of those pictures. :D

[Dave Schwartz]

Why, Grits, I do declare, he appears to be right!

What a fine bit of southern pulchritude you turned out to be!

[Tom]

What a fine bit of southern pulchritude you turned out to be!

Sir, that is no way to talk to a lady! :mad:

[beertapper]

It is a pretty big image. Wonder who could scan it... Maybe Kinkos.

Beth bought it at a garage sale for $1 and kept it hidden for 6+ months for my birthday. Great present!

cool gift !!

no worries dave..don't want to trouble you..

[dlgreg]

Dave,
Check out the racing posters at this link:
http://www.allposters.com/-st/Horse-Racing-Posters_c2100_.htm
dlgreg

[Dave Schwartz]

They are actually a bit pricey and no better than the ones I make from the annual calendars.

http://www.horsestreet.com/BBSImages/Dave'sOffice/Office-200711-01a.jpg

[onefast99]

http://images.shopforart.com/product-images/ASYAGAC8-P261391.jpg

Seattle Slew wins the Belmont.