Chuck,
Yeah, the Spa is a very special place. Made my first trip there from North Jersey in 1975. Your Rachel pin brings back some fairly recent memories. I had a pretty decent cold punch Pick 3 the day of her Woodward victory. The Godolphin horse who one the stake before the Woodward, Macho Again in the Woodward, and the winner of the next race. Thought I had her at the 1/16th pole but, in what makes this game so great, she dug down and held on until the wire. Courage. I was there for Alydar/Affirmed and plenty of other big events over the years, but I never heard that place rock like it did for that Woodward.
You are fortunate to be able to summer there. I manage a few day trips. Here's hoping for better weather this year than last - ugh! it was wet.
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