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[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

That is great! My son is 4 and he loves going to Monmouth. (He does have to learn to keep his mouth shut when I win. He is very fast to tell Mommy that Daddy has won. On those rare occasions). He knows the colors of all the saddlecloths up to the ten. Hell I was 23 when I finally learned them all. Sometimes when I am watching the Meadowlands he asks why the 8 horse is grey and not pink, it's a little scary. Eddie Castro is his favorite jockey because he gave him a pair of goggles a few weeks ago. He asks "is that Eddie" when any jock walks by. Although daddy had some choice words for Eddie after the ride he gave in the first at Monmouth this past Saturday. Let's just say that the word "screwed" is now in my sons vocabulary. His favorite horse is Secrecherrio, well that's what he calls him. He has all knids of Secretariat stuff in his room. I just hope he grows up to love the sport the way I love it. I look foward to taking him (and his new baby brother) to Saratoga some day.

That's a great little anecdote and I hope that he continues to love the track. You're on the right path!

NT

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[Swap Fliparoo]

Originally Posted by Holland Hacker

Thanks that was neat.

It freaked me out to seem a horse running clockwise at Belmont. I knew they ran that way, but to actually see it was kind or wierd.

Thanks, you will truly enjoy the book, I know it opened my eyes.

They ran clockwise on dirt?? I never knew that!

That video was awesome, what a beauty. There will never be another like him.

[Holland Hacker]

Originally Posted by Swap Fliparoo

They ran clockwise on dirt?? I never knew that!

That video was awesome, what a beauty. There will never be another like him.

In Richard Stones Reeves book Belmopnt Park there is a photo of horses coming down the strecth and running from right to left. The caption of the Photo says " From 1095 until 1920 races were run clockwise at Belmont Park. "

So to answer your questions dirt races were run clockwise at Belmont park.