Right back at you Cincy!!
Always thoroughly enjoy reading your posts.... Yes, the first place I ever saw a race live was at Garden State Park in 1997. It was a cheap claiming race and I didn't even place a bet quite frankly. I just stood down near the finish line and saw these Big, Wonderfully Brilliant and Unbelievable creatures run by in what seemed to be in a mere flash of a split second with these phenomenal athletes on their backs, and, from that point on, I was forever a hopeless case. Or, at least, I believe it was from that point since.