The 2009 meet gets off to a terrific start when Saratoga Russell wins the fourth race…
…but Naughty New Yorker finishes last on a dismal Friday.
Ernie Munick and his impromptu back-up band don’t let the rain deter them in the backyard…
…and we saw far too much of this sloppy mess in opening week…
My favorite name so far: Nacho Friend, by Friends Lake out of You’renotlistening
After much complaining, the light bulbs are changed…
Day 1 brings a fatal breakdown; day 5 a horrible paddock incident in which It’s My Day fractures her skull.
Overheard: a security guard manning the chains near the entrance to the paddock: “Here comes a rider I love to hate.”
The language obsessed spent a week in a state of intense agitation:
The break of the Jim Dandy:
Mine That Bird getting a bath…
And when it’s glorious, there’s no better place to be…
Nice to see someone changing the light bulbs, it appears that problem was as simple as it seemed, poor maintainance.
A little bird told me the Go For The Wand banner has been taken down too, maybe the NYRA should auction it off for charity. It would probably bring a bid or two.
The banner has indeed been taken down, and is stored safely steps from where I am sitting. I can keep my eye on it daily.
Today, crews were at work replacing bulbs on the main screen.
The last shot of the Grandstand has that timeless quality I like about our sport so much. Was that picture taken last week, or in 1950'something?
Keep 'em coming…..
I honestly think there is a fuse or circuit problem with the main board. I have been to the spa 6 of the 7 days so far and every day a bulb is out. Yesterday, the board still has missing/burned out bulbs.
Especially with the #'s 6,8 and 9 it is impossible to make out the #'s.
Can't NYRA get a licensed electrician to check it out?