Last week of Saratoga....is anyone getting depressed ?

[castaway01]

Originally Posted by westernmassbob

Of course I know you can bring food in...that wasn’t my point. There are a lot of first timers, vacationers that don’t have all the first hand knowledge of a regular. “ Hey honey looks like a pretty cool racetrack let’s go and check it out , oh wait let’s stop at the supermarket and buy a refrigerator of food before we go. Don’t worry I will lug it around all day as we enjoy the races”. Saratoga isn’t the first venue to be opportunistic when it comes to over pricing for concession food. I just wish one of these places would take a stand on it.

I guess you haven't attended a concert or sporting event anywhere in the country in the past two decades. Welcome to reality. To act like it's just Saratoga when it's literally any popular venue is par for your course, I realize.

It's pretty simple---if people are willing to pay the concession prices, the prices are not going to go down. "Take a stand" against what---making money?

[elhelmete]

Originally Posted by castaway01

I guess you haven't attended a concert or sporting event anywhere in the country in the past two decades. Welcome to reality. To act like it's just Saratoga when it's literally any popular venue is par for your course, I realize.

Exactly, like it or not.

Maybe AA Baseball in East Blah Blah has the $3 beers. Enjoy.

[alhattab]

Originally Posted by ScottJ

Let me give you something uplifting about the season's ending. If you have read The Saratoga Special, you know that the last article of each edition goes to Sean Clancy and his "Cup of Coffee" column. If you go back over the many years of those columns, every one captures the heart and soul of these eight weeks. Sometimes, as with this year, so much more.

However, my personal favorite comes from the closing edition of the 2018 paper. Sean wrote, "So over the next 10 1/2 months (please don’t open July 4), sure, the days will feel so long, but remember, the years will feel so short. See you in a lot of long days and a very short year."

Enjoy the final six days of 2022 and see you in a very short year!

Scott- Clancy wrote his usual “I will miss/won’t miss” column a little earlier this year. He had a barn fire on his property and had to return home for a few weeks before making it back for the Travers. In the 8/27 edition he limited to everything he missed during his absence.

[GMB@BP]

are any of the horses who ran at saratoga running back before the breeders cup? Seemed like a trend the past few years. if not, that is the depressing part.

[Tom]

Woodward Oct 1 ? That's usually a big stakes day preview for BC.

[PalaceOfFortLarned]

Originally Posted by Tom

Woodward Oct 1 ? That's usually a big stakes day preview for BC.

Life Is Good is supposed to be running in the Woodward.

I can only assume others he ran against in the Whitney like Happy Saver would take another swing at him?


https://www.horseracingnation.com/race/2022_Woodward#

[JustRalph]

I just read that Doc Severinsen

Played his last show in Saratoga Springs last night. Now retired

95 yrs old.

Salute!

[ScottJ]

Originally Posted by alhattab

Scott- Clancy wrote his usual “I will miss/won’t miss” column a little earlier this year. He had a barn fire on his property and had to return home for a few weeks before making it back for the Travers. In the 8/27 edition he limited to everything he missed during his absence.

Agreed - been following the story, issue-by-issue. Had exchanged e-mails with Sean just days after his opening column for 2022, hardly knowing what was to come this summer season.

[rastajenk]

Originally Posted by JustRalph

I just read that Doc Severinsen
Played his last show in Saratoga Springs last night. Now retired
95 yrs old.Salute!

Holy cow. How many generations have come and aged since he was an everyday known name?

[Boomer]

Originally Posted by JustRalph

I just read that Doc Severinsen

Played his last show in Saratoga Springs last night. Now retired

95 yrs old.

Salute!

Commander Cody played Siros after race party for many years. Likely the same age. I think they banned him after one highly intoxicated performance.

[rastajenk]

And His Lost Planet Airmen???

[Boomer]

Originally Posted by rastajenk

And His Lost Planet Airmen???

Yep....No better show for the after races party!

[Tom]

Another short field, 7 horses entered, 3 scratches.
Too many races and race days.
I know, I'm in the minoriy, but they still can't fill races.

[Michael]

Depressed? No way Jose...we got Kentucky Downs - > Aqu / Keeneland -> Breeders Cup - > Aqu November Turf racing. Kimosabe, your head is in the past and not into the future

[the little guy]

Originally Posted by GMB@BP

are any of the horses who ran at saratoga running back before the breeders cup? Seemed like a trend the past few years. if not, that is the depressing part.

99% of them are.

I know you stopped following racing Greg, but most horseplayers realize there is racing far beyond the handful of horses pointing to the BC.