If it's an SRO area, then it's first come first served. I attend the races almost every day of the Saratoga meet and on big race days folks are often 3 or 4 deep near the paddock or the path to the track or at the gap or along the homestretch rail. For the Travers you need to stake a claim to fenceline space pretty early in the day if you want to be near the starting gate or finish line. If someone stands in the hot sun for 3 hrs to get a decent photo of their favorite horse-foregoing food and bathroom breaks and betting, then they have every right to be mad if you decide at post time that you have as much rigt to that space as they do.
Also, $60 seats at the Breeders' Cup are the cheap seats. last time I attended in person my bleacher seats at Monmouth were $200.
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