1st Time Saratoga Trip Questions

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Originally Posted by Suff

I said , look for the 19 year old who talks like he's 5.

Ok thanks

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Quick update before Saturday:

We have booked 4 tickets (yea!) and got dad his accessible seating with my mom so we can still enjoy the races together!

I will try to get as much pictures as I can but hoping the weather will be nice on Friday thru Sunday (looks to be at the moment)

Going to be an exciting trip cannot wait!!!!!

Any requests on pictures or anything you would like me to do while I am there please let me know by Friday night thanks

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i have one suggestion in case you are traveling with baseball fans. Cooperstown, where the Baseball Hall of Fame is located, is roughly an hour away from Saratoga Springs. you might want to go there one morning or on a dark day of racing.

one more, if you need a great place for dinner, try the WISHING WELL. its located in a town next door to Saratoga called Gansevoort. there are probably plenty of newer places open now, but this place serves fresh corn on the cob and in-season tomatoes that are great along with the rest of the menu. chances are you will meet lots of people in the racing industry there on any given night, it's probably still the best place around.

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Originally Posted by lamboguy

i have one suggestion in case you are traveling with baseball fans. Cooperstown, where the Baseball Hall of Fame is located, is roughly an hour away from Saratoga Springs. you might want to go there one morning or on a dark day of racing.

one more, if you need a great place for dinner, try the WISHING WELL. its located in a town next door to Saratoga called Gansevoort. there are probably plenty of newer places open now, but this place serves fresh corn on the cob and in-season tomatoes that are great along with the rest of the menu. chances are you will meet lots of people in the racing industry there on any given night, it's probably still the best place around.

Great suggestions thank you!

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Originally Posted by CheckMark

Great suggestions thank you!

i always have stories, but this one is classic.

I'm eating dinner at The Wishing Well the night before the Travers Stakes with The Greek, Richie O'Connell, Hollywood Herbie McCauley and his wife Debbie (i think). they are all dead drunk.

the next morning i asked the Greek who he likes in the Travers, he loves THUNDER RUMBLE. i come back, but you saw these guys the night before, he answers me, but the horse won't know how much the jockey drank the night before!

naturally, the horse wins, i don't have him and he pays $14 or $15 for win.

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Hi everyone I made it back home last night all good perfect weather on Friday thru Sunday until we came home (in Fergus) where it downpoured but all in all a very amazing trip I will never forget

I will try to get the pictures I took up today or sometime this week so stay tuned for that!

[Tom]

Cool!
Did you try the spring water?

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Originally Posted by Tom

Cool!
Did you try the spring water?

Yes sir!

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Photos incoming be a few minutes

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Ok sorry for the flood of pictures but I just wanted to show everyone my trip and how it turned out

Leaving the house en route to Saratoga Springs!
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Stop at Denny's in Corfu NY which was an excellent location with excellent service by our server Francheska
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I got the 4 app special in which you got to choose what you wanted so I got onion rings chicken strips wavy fries and Mozza sticks!
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Darth sticker on side of the car; I do NOT want to join the dark side just yet
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Arriving in Saratoga Springs with the entire street filled with Saratoga-themed flags which this one was advertising the Runhappy Travers Stakes
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more coming

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I stayed at the Holiday Inn which was very amazing with it being tailored to Saratoga and the town itself which you can tell by the doors being from the track plus the hotel offered editions of the Pink Sheet along with the Saratoga Special and finally the Captial OTB channel on your tv and in the lobby!
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Picking up program and DRF from Stewarts Shop which was very conveniently located right across from the hotel
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Close up the same picture as above
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Like what I said above about the hotel is very tailored to Saratoga so here are some of the photos around the lobby
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Lobby photos
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Our very first views of Saratoga pre-Saturday which I was in tears about for not just being here in that moment but for checking this off my bucket list of tracks to tour before I pass!
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Outside the gates where there is the water-fountain ring of jockeys displaying the past year's stakes winners; I am standing next to Knicks Go who was the winner of the Whitney
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my mom standing on the Big Reds plaque on the ground while others are displayed on the ground near the gates
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Inside Saratoga with my brother
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DRF Stand inside
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more incoming

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Our seat location was Section K of the clubhouse with a great view of the track
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Railbirds
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Saratoga Live set which not 100% sure if we made it on during the broadcast (will have to look back)
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Time for lunch! There was a great pizza place near the walking ring and it was $10 for a small pizza which tasted fantastic by the way!
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Winning ticket and the only one to cash all-day but that did make my money back in that race alone
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The winning ticket from yours truly
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Horse crossing sign which was right in the middle of the road
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my mom actually won a ticket of her own in Race 8 #5 which she had WPS/Across the Board and the horse was 14-1! Way to go, mom!
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1st time also being at Saratoga Harness track where our friends had a horse in the stakes race but finished a close 2nd place
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Outlook of the toteboard
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more coming

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Winner circle photo for the stakes race with legendary driver Wally Hennessey!
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Another few railbirds
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Wish this was the car I would drive home
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28th-57th are all pictures from the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame which was along right down the street from the hotel and track
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