great thread...hopefully it will remain active.
mini tr for keeneland 4/3 & 4/4
left from chicago at the crack of dawn and arrived at keeneland about an hour before race one. the weather turned out to be cool and breezy, which probably kept down the opening day attendance. the physical plant isn't the best, but it is a neat country setting, with a certain charm of its own. nothing to note betting wise. we each cashed a few tickets, and including our play on the late tracks (SA and GG), we all ended modestly down for the day. we were the last 3 people to leave the track.
saturday...after handicapping the sat. races late into the night we felt good about our chances going into saturday. we got to the track about an hour and a half b4 first post and got our seats( a bench) right in front of the main giant t.v. srceen and near one of the two finish lines. we were close to everything we needed, windows, concessions, bathrooms and the track. that was all fine, until the crowd started showing up. what a zoo. lines for beer, food, betting, and bathrooms were beyond ridiculous.
we managed to hit a few winners including the early pick 4($455ish), and had a shot at the late pick 4, but our single(#7) in the final race never fired. i think had we hit, we were looking at about $4500, according to the tote board. that miss turned out to be crucial as we couldn't afford to play the late p4 ticket we wanted at santa anita.( which hit) my buddies the got it rubbed in their faces a little more when they got nosed out on their pick3 at sa's last race. once again we were amongst the last people to leave the track.
in the end we had a nice time, and didn't get beat up to badly.
the good...quality racing, beautiful setting, lots of pretty girls, ok weather. actually saturday was really nice, sunny and mid 70's???
the bad...way too crowded on saturday, didn't win.