Mrs_Jack_Bristow
Cadet
Yay! Servis definately deserves that award. He handled the press so well... better than Barclay Tagg did with Funny Cide last year, I think
I honestly don't remember how Barclay handled the press last year. I like him though, and the whole Funny Cide team. I was going to lunch and I saw a big yellow school bus parked outside, for a minute I thought they were here :lol: But John definitly handles the press very well, I love watching him on TV, he's so nice and has such a great personality (and not so bad to look at either ).
And now I want to go to Philly just to play that Sega game!
Well I played it at the D&B here in DC and I just typed in Smarty as the horse I wanted to play, since he's not in the system down here :lol:
You NEVER got to go to Belmont Park? Wow. I LOVE Belmont Park, it is so nice. Granted, the first major track I was ever at was Churchill Downs so I'm a bit spoiled. But I love Belmont's set up, how convienent is, (the LIRR goes right into the park). It was not a far walk from actual bathroom trailers (not the port a potties I became ever so familiar with at CD and the Preakness). It's a very pretty park. I hope to go back for next year's Breeders Cup, if it's not too painful *sob*.
I think I most want to visit Saratoga, it just looks sooo pretty up there! I heard the tote board at Arlington Park caught fire this summer..yikes. Back home, the closest park to me used to be Garden State (where my uncle, a huge gambler spent most of his days) but they tore it down a few years ago. There's racing in Atlantic City, but now the closest park to my parents is Philadelphia Park..woo!
Oh you have to get to Kentucky if you're into racing, especially Lexington. Go to Keeneland, it's a MUST, it's the best place! And go early for their breakfast in the track kitchen, $4 for eggs, sausage, biscuits and gravy, the best breakfast you'll ever eat! I absolutely love it. They filmed Seabiscuit there too, used it as Pimlico. My friend was an extra and when I was visiting her over Derby Weekend she showed me the parts they filmed where, it was so cool. I saw D. Wayne Lukas' barn too (not that I"m a fan, but that's pretty cool). I've seen Turfway, Keeneland, CD, in Kentucky. We also went to the Kentucky Horse Park which is also very cool. I met Cigar and fed him mints. I tried getting John Henry to turn around and talk to me but he's old and stubborn. We saw Da Hoss too.
I didn't get to visit any other farms while I was there. But the next time I'm in Kentucky (on a non Derby weekend), I'm making a bee line for Three Chimneys to see my Smarty. I always tell people "He may be in Kentucky but he's still a Philly horse, you can take the horse out of Philly, but not the Philly out of the horse" You know, he watches the Eagles on Sundays, walks around humming the Rocky theme, walks around wearing a wife beater, a cheeseteak in one hand, with a sign around his neck that says "Kiss me, I'm from Philly" or "I'm from Philly, don't mess with me" :lol:
Did you ever read Smarty's blog during the Triple Crown run, I wish I had saved them, they were hysterical. Especially when Little Matth Man and Water Cannon (I think it was him) both from Philly Park, were racing in the Preakness and Belmont. Smarty wrote "Little Matth Man is here with me, but I think they just brought him down so I could have some company" and after he lost he wrote a thank you to his fans saying "It was just one stupid race, I saw the tears, why were you crying?"