Quote from: Diver52 on July 11, 2016, 10:35:54 PMI do as well. I'll be arriving for a week in Del Mar early on the afternoon on August 20 and will be staying across the street from the track. My first stop will be Del Mar about 90 minutes before the PC. Bring 'em on!
I just hope both CC and Dortzilla run well and set up a really classic PC with Beholder. Any other entries, gravy.
Quote from: Diver52 on July 12, 2016, 09:35:43 AMGrowing up and living down that way until 2009, I went to Opening Day almost every year, but I stopped around 2006. It was just too hard to get there and too hard to get out. One year, 2003 I think, my wife, daughter and I went to a family wedding in the Midwest. They stayed for a week, while I had to come back to do some work. I got free just before Opening Day so I got a room and stayed through Saturday--Opening Day was on a Wednesday back then. That was nice as I could wait out the chaos, and then attend the next three normal days after the craziness of the Opener. I've really come to love the Fall Meet. My wife and I fly down the weekend before Thanksgiving and have a great time. The races are over by 4:30 or 5:00 and there is no wait at a restaurant. The weather is nice as well, especially coming from the Seattle area where the weather has turned damp and chilly by then.
I will NEVER go to opening day again, but a "girlfriend" and I (we're both far past girlhood!) make the PC trip each year. She's a big fan of CC.
Quote from: Diver52 on July 12, 2016, 09:35:43 AM
I will NEVER go to opening day again, but a "girlfriend" and I (we're both far past girlhood!) make the PC trip each year. She's a big fan of CC.
Quote from: Dusty on July 15, 2016, 11:03:33 PM
I will never go to opening day - ever again 0 the place is on OVERLOAD = how they think they can handle the Breeders Cup is beyond me ... it is TOO small =
Quote from: Dusty on July 15, 2016, 11:03:33 PM
I will never go to opening day - ever again 0 the place is on OVERLOAD = how they think they can handle the Breeders Cup is beyond me ... it is TOO small =
Quote from: stark on July 17, 2016, 09:10:20 PM
Weights for those that might attend...
CALIFORNIA CHROME 126 Art Sherman
DORTMUND 121 Bob Baffert
HOPPERTUNITY 119 Bob Baffert
NYQUIST 119 Doug O'Neill
HARD ACES 118 John Sadler
IMPERATIVE 117 Richard Baltas
VYJACK 117 Philip D' Amato
FOLLOW ME CREV 116 Vladimir Cerin
WIN THE SPACE 116 George Papaprodromou
SOI PHET 115 Leonard Powell
CRITTENDEN 114 E. G. Harty
DALMORE 113 J. Keith Desormeaux
ARROGATE 111 Bob Baffert