Turfway / Kentucky Cup - Lets Get Real

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After spending part of the Kentucky Cup weekend at Turfway Park, which was my first visit to this facility for live racing, I can't help but ask this question to those whom have been their.

Note - this thread has nothing to do with the racing surface but rather the facility itself.

The paddock is great, no question about it. The restauraunt along the front stretch outside of turn 4 is great with the flat screen tv's, great food and service (prime rib buffet was to die for). Too bad if you want to stay their the whole night you have to watch the tv and not the track to get ANY view of the racing action .......................unless..................... ...................

You opt to mingle with the hundreds on the front stretch and just hope to catch a glimpse amoungst all the people who are their for the party, not the racing. No lie, on Friday night I would estimate that 75% of those mingling on the fronstretch did not even have a form in their hands but rather a $1 draft.

So, you mingle up a flight of stairs and try to catch a better seat, a better place to watch the races. The view is better upstairs, if you don't mind the stuffy cramped grandstand with inadequate concessions if you are not interested in alcohol or decent food. Not to mention the seating is just like Beulah Park, no offense to my home track but come on.

As we drove home from this weekend excursion the resounding thoughts we had was that Turway is simply put Beulah Park on a larger scale. It is time for this event to be held at River Downs, a class facility that has customer service in mind. The Racebook sitting off of turn 1 at River Downs is top notch, the open air seatin in the grandstand is great, the facility bottom line at River Downs beats Turfway in EVERY ANGLE.