Venue choices for Saturday

[Real Quiet]

If anyone wants to weigh in here's my thoughts

Saratoga 2 to 10 plus the Haskell

Saratoga 2 to 11 plus the Haskell (if you want to play the late pick 5)

Full card at Saratoga

[Real Quiet]

By the way. The Haskell only has 7 horses entered so if you want to skip that from choices 1 and 2 that's ok with me.

[JolyB]

You have outlined three excellent choices. Any one of them will get my applause. If you had concerns, I didn't have any plans to play the late pick 5. There are plenty of other excellent wagering options on the card [the Grand Slam briefly came to mind LOL].

See you at the Spaaaa. And don't forget to read The Saratoga Special.

[Plenilune]

Choice #1 or #3. I'd rather not play the Haskell.

[RUFFIAN]

THE CAT MEWSINGS PURRRSNICKETY POINT OF MEW

Of course I realize that everybody traditionally wants to play Saratoga
when it opens up for their season

YET I felt Compelled to offer my Flamboyant Feline Opine

MONMOUTH HAS A BETTER CARD

If it were up to me which it is not
Going against the current of the handicapping stream

I would’ve gone for Monmouth as the main track
With the Saratoga bonus race

[JolyB]

Ruff, we will have to find a way to persuade you to travel East some July or August and spend a couple of days at Saratoga so that you can understand why so many of us look forward to its season and enjoy its racing so much. It doesn't have anything to do with the number of races or the number of stakes races, but with the ambience and the overall quality of the racing experience. As a handicapper, or a gambler or just as a fan of horseracing you can't help but get caught up in the atmosphere that permeates the town. I think that many of us who select Saratoga as a venue are secretly wishing that we could be playing the races live at the track rather than at home on our computers or watching on TV.

There's nothing wrong with Monmouth racing or the Jersey shore. Heck, I grew up there and placed my first bet at Monmouth many years before I reached the legal age to do so. Saturday's card looks just fine for Monmouth's signature day of the year. But on my opinion it just doesn't compare with the pleasure that one gets from digging into a Saratoga race card with purses for optional claiming races that exceed stakes purses elsewhere or trying to figure out how the shippers from other circuits stack up against the regulars from the NYRA circuit.

By the way, if you or anyone else likes the Monmouth card, don't forget to play the Haskell Challenge at haskellgame.com

[Real Quiet]

If there are no objections we will play Saratoga Saturday races 2 to 11. No Haskell.

[RUFFIAN]

JOLY B

I had no doubt at all when I submitted my commentary ~
* MY Personal Opinion comparing * CARDS NOT TRACKS
……….…. That I would get a PurrrFound response

However, your reaction relates mostly to the “ Atmosphere of Saratoga”
It isn’t as if people on computers are THERE amidst that atmosphere! 🙄

I Never said that going to Saratoga wasn’t as good as going to Monmouth !

I merely stated that In MY Opinion, Monmouth had a better card

You would never persuade me to travel to the East Coast 😩
Been There ~ Dun Dat
Plus = I Don’t Fly
Having a Horse 🐎 Cat 🐈 + Dog 🐶 I don’t travel even overnight

Began life in that area (NE)
As soon as I was old enough I left and went to Florida !!!

Then after my Beloved Husband was Killed in a Car 🚗 Crash
I left Florida ( Humidity — Flying Roaches 🪳— Traffic + Noise )
~~~~~~~~~ For the Rocky Mountain High 💗
NO Humidity — Roaches 🪳— Fleas on Pets or Traffic Noise 🚗

No streetlights so the Stars 🌟 ✨ ⭐️ Are Brilliant
*** You never hear a car horn in Boulder!

~~~ The Deer 🦌 walk down the street in Daytime
And Bears 🐻 and Mountain Lions 🦁 come out at dusk + dawn

That said
PLEASE do not confuse MY opinion that Monmouth had a better card
~~~~~~~~ With Suggesting It Was A Better Place To Be

Everybody has a right to their opinion and that was mine
We can always agree to disagree and remain friends 🙏

[DonGuido]

#1 hands down is my meager vote. What say Ye RQ, so I can post the threads for all the eager beavers!!! Oooops, sorry didin't see the Saratoga races 2-11 choice. Good one RQ.

So be it Spa 2-11!!! Threads in the AM.

and IMHO, nothing beats Saratoga, no matter what the card!!!