Most of us, especially locals can\'t wait to see it come and are glad to see it go.
It\'s a marathon and when your live 30 ish days it wears you out, especially Travers weekend. Friday night I got home at 800 was back at the track at 1000 AM and there until 730.
Some showers and T-storms coming in this afternoon and evening, it will clear up by Thursday morning and the final 5 days will be absolutely beautiful. Spa weather the kind top cat always comes for the last week of the meet. Barely 80 degrees, mid 50\'s at night, no humidity and the leaves will start to turn.
The Ortiz brothers seemed poised for a battle to the wire for the jocks tittle and Chad Brown will win his 1st Spa training tittle. The most interesting stat may be for leading owner where David Jacobson sits in a 3 way tie with Michael Dubb and Klarvich stable. Didn\'t TGJB say something about this meet being like Aqueduct in February?
NYRA continues to play voodoo with attendance figures. It was a very comfortable day for 48,000 on Saturday, probably in the 42-43 range as they advertised an anticipated sell out up to the last race at 7:05 on Friday night to buy your general admission tickets.
Travers Day was simply electric a 45 million dollar handle, 6 Grade 1\'s and a track and stakes record that has stood for 37 years. A visitor from Fairmount Park bouncing about the town!
They draw the Saturday Stakes today Woodward, Saranac, Spinaway and Glens Falls.
Good luck to all in a beautiful final week of the Spaaaaaaa,
Frank D.
I like hearing partial college-football scores in the backyard.
One of the great seasonal conjugations.