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.