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Originally Posted by Ocala Mike
I just voted for the first time. Had it close between Saratoga in August or the Big A in February. Went with the former; the aroma of weed coming from the cold, dark stairways of frigid Aqueduct was not enough to sway me.
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Ok fine....then I will be the only. What a SHOCK, lol! Mine is the inner. I know part of that is imprinting. Grew up with a summer home in the Adirondacks, so going to Saratoga was being away from that. And always felt so darned hot compared to my mountain paradise. Yes, I complained, and the folks were appalled. Belmont was grand, but I always felt pooped by the finale having to cover so much more ground. The inner was a unique experience, where there were lots of, erm, "characters" and always was my fascination. You were there because you loved racing or just were a degenerate down on their luck, but could be observed safely in most instances. I got flashed there once, but it was a cool story to bring back
The interplay between Cordero and the railbirds, love or hate, was always at its best there.
