Venue thoughts for September 12

[JolyB]

I suspect that many of us are somewhat weary from last Saturday's activities, especially our scorers. I'm thinking of trying a bit of a change of pace by taking us to what I think is the 5th best known track in the state of Kentucky, namely Kentucky Downs in Franklin, KY. I think we visited last year also.

Every race will be on the turf, and an aerial view of the track looks a bit like someone's farm, with gentle rolling hills and a track that would fit perfectly in Europe. The revenue from the casino allows very generous purses, with maiden races offering $90,000. The feature on Saturday will be the $1,000,000 Kentucky Turf Cup and reads like a who's who of leading jockeys and trainers in the Eastern US.

Entries were released today, and I plan to consider all options before posting the final schedule tomorrow evening. Just wanted to provide a heads up of my probable choice.

[Real Quiet]

The only other venue I would consider is Woodbine with the Queens Plate but I like KD too.

[DonGuido]

Ga'luk to all. I'm taking a long nappy from horse racing. See ya all around Breeders Cup time. I'll be here but not in the gate.

[cal828]

Not sure what the Queen's Plate will look like this year as I've not seen PPs, but it might be a nice add on, if you're of a mind to do that, if not Kentucky Downs always an interesting place to play in itself.

[cal828]

Anyone playing in the Beat Byk finale? If so, we will likely be doing a mind crushing number of races before the coming weekend.

[RUFFIAN]

Actually in my own Forum Contest {Midweek Mayhem} today
We are playing Kentucky downs all turf day card

I like KD for Saturday + adding the Queen’s Plate Bonus 👌
.... if it’s a good size field with Quality contenders