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07-15-2022, 11:31 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Boston+Ocala
Posts: 23,735
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Best turf courses in US
the 2 best that i ever knew are both closed now, Atlantic City and Rockingham.
today as bad as the main track is at Penn National, the turf is excellent.
one of the worst courses today is Monmouth, even after they spent all that money to re-configure it.
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07-15-2022, 12:20 PM
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Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2021
Posts: 324
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tampa
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07-15-2022, 12:32 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Huntington Beach, Ca
Posts: 554
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Gulfstream at midnight.
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07-22-2022, 02:27 AM
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Grinding at a Poker Table
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 4,902
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Kentucky Downs.
Hialeah was excellent in its' day.
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07-22-2022, 08:33 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Tampa Bay
Posts: 1,100
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Tampa
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07-22-2022, 08:36 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2020
Posts: 436
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I think Belmont has a nice turf track and may be underrated.
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07-23-2022, 06:42 AM
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#7
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2022
Posts: 274
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Colonial
Colonial has the best of everything - announcers, paddock show, turf track - everything
It's where the Breeders Cup belongs
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07-23-2022, 08:07 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 4,520
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sheffwed
Colonial has the best of everything - announcers, paddock show, turf track - everything
It's where the Breeders Cup belongs
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in the middle of nowhere.
Allan
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07-23-2022, 08:27 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: Clarksville, AR
Posts: 1,216
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Quote:
Originally Posted by biggestal99
in the middle of nowhere.
Allan
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It could be racing's own Burning Man! 
__________________
Tom in NW Arkansas
Past performances are no guarantee of future results. - Why isn't this disclaimer printed in the Daily Racing Form?
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07-23-2022, 10:17 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 1,011
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The Meadowlands has a great turf track. Unfortunately they only run on it a few days a year.
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07-23-2022, 10:37 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2022
Posts: 274
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true but
further to Colonial, it's not all that far from Williamsburg, a great place to spend time on a short vacation, and being a nice place in that setting is fine by me
if you want a racetrack in a city, visit Happy Valley!
Last edited by Sheffwed; 07-23-2022 at 10:39 AM.
Reason: made clear who I was responding to
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07-23-2022, 04:52 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2022
Posts: 274
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also meant to mention Woodbine, both of their Turf courses are excellent actually
yet the Breeders Cup keep being given to tracks not on anyone's list in this particularly category - now almost always Santa Anita, Del Mar and Keeneland on rotation
too bad
not exactly ideal really
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07-23-2022, 05:58 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 753
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I love November's at the Aqueduct. Full fields and just solid racing 
Can't ask for much more... I'll certainly miss that place when it closes down.
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07-23-2022, 06:05 PM
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@TimeformUSfigs
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Moore, OK
Posts: 46,828
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sheffwed
also meant to mention Woodbine, both of their Turf courses are excellent actually
yet the Breeders Cup keep being given to tracks not on anyone's list in this particularly category - now almost always Santa Anita, Del Mar and Keeneland on rotation
too bad
not exactly ideal really
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Woodbine is out of the BC rotation with a rubber track main course.
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07-23-2022, 10:41 PM
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SaratogaFan1
Join Date: Mar 2022
Posts: 356
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All NYRA course are great, Santa Anita, Del Mar, Tampa, and Colonial.
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