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Originally Posted by TrackingTVG
This is my "home track", and I cant imagine anyone thinking its beautiful. Its a dump that reaks of degenerates.
I will take the 2.5 hour ride for 4 weeks straight to saratoga, rather than spend one day there.
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Thanks. That was funny. Suffolk does have some history and the infield is pretty. And from a distance, it has charm.
I would not recommend that anybody visit Suffolk Downs right now. Unless you are race track seasoned. It does have a stench. It looks bad, like it died 10 years ago. You're 100% right.
I've been going since I was a kid, and in my 20's-30's it was a big part of my life. Before the internet or social media, Suffolk was our facebook.
That's where friends from Southie to Somerville all got together. Back in those days, the DRF was sold in just about every store in Boston, and you'd get on the T and half the train had a program in hand.
I'm sentimental about the place. I was unhappy that Portnoy bashed it on TV because there is no need for that. I understand what he said is true.
