[NoLuvForPletch]

The first one I really remember getting pumped up for was 1991, though I'm sure I watched before that. I've been to the BC in 2001 and 2005 at BEL and was supposed to go to this one at MTH. The reasons for my feelings of this being the worst for me:

Weather - obviously nothing can be done about the weather but what made it worse this year is that it was 2 days worth of racing (so I'm even more pumped up) but the weather ruined it. I went on Friday for 2 races and had to leave. We didn't go at all on Saturday. It's tough to pull this off in the NorthEast, but I'm sure they'll be back at BEL and I'm sure I'll go.

Venue - when they first announced that it was going to be at Monmouth, we said there was no way we would go because it is too small, and what if it rains? Well excitement superceeded sanity and we applied for seats. Not cheap seats and both days, so our expectations were that we would end up with good to decent seats. Well, whether this is Breeders Cup or Monmouth we took it up the a$$ when it came to our seats. We applied for seats ranging from the most expensive to the seats located on the apron. I believe the prices ranged from $250 - $160. We ended up with apron seats for both days, and the worst apron seats you could find. On Friday our seats were tolerable, inside the 1/8 pole about 1/4 of the way to the 1/16 pole (Section 801). Somehow our seats for Saturday were in section 811, which was at the top of the stretch (basically near the playground for you regular Monmouth goers) 4th row from the rail. So not only were we as far away from the finish line as you could be, but we were at ground level. What kind of moron made the decision to have 15 rows of folding chairs at ground level before starting the risers? You couldn't see the finish line with binocuars. So, after 2 races in a downpour on Friday and knowing that we'd be watching 99% of each race on the big screen in front of us Saturday, we bagged it. Ended up eating $765 worth of tickets, two days worth for 4 and a parking pass (which really annoys me because I've got a parking sticker). I really feel as though some of the seats were misrepresented when the initial maps went out. You can't have 15 rows of seats on the ground costing more than the temp bleacher seats behind them.

Wagering - one abbreviation, NJBETS. What a disgrace. So after all of the above I spent 75% of the day trying to get bets in to this joke of a system, some of which I didn't get in, instead of being able to just relax and enjoy what I could with the small party I had at my house. Of course my friend had no trouble at all betting on his NYCOTB account, which I have as well, but thought I'd be a good NJ resident and abide by the law. Probably cost me money, but can't really swear to it. I know I missed out on the Midnight Lute/Idiot Proof exacta, which I would've had pretty good.

So, all of the above combined makes this even worse than the day when we got into a car accident on the way to my friends house to watch the races. Some idiot made a left turn right into my truck. If it wasn't bad enough that it was my Wife's birthday, the accident took away any chance we had to talk about the pick 6. I put in the bet, from the side of the road. After the police officer drove us home to get our other car we headed into manhattan. We got there for the Sprint and my Wife says I like Reraise bet him across the board for me. Well, I've got Kona Gold, Affirmed Success and someone else in the Pk6, but no Reraise. The rest is history and I go home with 5 out of 6. Now imagine this past BC being worse than that.

Thanks for the opportunity to vent. I'm sure everyone else enjoyed their day more than I.