New Poll: Your Favorite Summer Racing
Into the clubhouse turn at Saratoga (Sarah K. Andrew)
Sure, there’s Saratoga and Del Mar, the premiere boutique summer meets, but they’re not the only game in town! I left this poll a little loose on purpose so you can interpret it as either as the track you most like to go to or the track you most like to play… it’s your call!
In my case they’re are one in the same… Saratoga. Of course, I haven’t been to that many tracks so maybe I would love Colonial Downs, Canterbury, Ellis or Emerald Downs just as much. In fact, maybe I’ll find out tomorrow, at least about playing Canterbury and Ellis, as I plan on playing the Claiming Crown and the HANA Pool Party race!
Is your favorite track to attend different from your favorite track to play? Feel free to elaborate!
In our last poll, Fav Triple Crown Race of 2009, 67 of you said the Derby, 51 of you said the Preakness, 19 of you said you loved them all equally and 12 of you said the Belmont. As always, thanks for participating!
Here’s to a prosperous, fun summer of racing… or, pari-mutually speaking, “here’s mud in your eye“!
Posted by dana on Jul 24 2009
Filed Under: 2009, Colonial Downs, Del Mar, Poll, Monmouth Park, Saratoga, Turf, Sarah K. Andrew, Racing
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I voted for Canterbury. Yeah, I’m being a bit of a homer here, I can admit that, but I felt that I really had to vote for a meet that I at least attended regularly rather than one I’d only been to once (Saratoga - which I am desperately in love with, by the way). Sure, we’re a small midwestern track, but we average about 6,000 people on race day and large event days like opening day, Claiming Crown and Minnesota Festival of Racing days have drawn as many as 12,000 people. Folks actually crowd the apron and root for their horse down the stretch every race - a site you don’t see at many larger, better known racetracks anymore.
We don’t have the high quality of racing - or the longtime tradition - of a Saratoga, Monmouth or Del Mar, but our little slice of Midwestern heaven is, well, a little slice of Midwestern heaven!
I included as many tracks as possible for all the homers!
The Claiming Crown looks really fun, I didn’t get a chance to handicap it but I’ll definitely be playing along.