When I walk into the track I can’t believe the lack of patrons. We can’t blame it on the demographic changes or players drifting away as they get older. Competiton for the dollar has always been around, and people can look back and blame the economy at any time in the last 30-years. So what is […]
One of the curious pleasures of life is doing something you’ve never done before… I Checked the weather forecast, grabbed a road map, and headed out to a weekend adventure through winding roads, peppered with working farms and fields of freshly grown tobacco yellow tipped and ready for harvest. Though a destination was in mind, […]
Every Labor Day was the last chance of the summer to battle with River Downs. Mostly they were claiming races, but you could always expect some excellent turf races and the day would be capped off with the Miller Lite Cradle Stakes. These were simpler times and the days when 9 live races was all […]
In every walk of life there are folks who can make our skin crawl, or intrigue the hell out of us. I have known both kinds, and the race track offers some of the most colorful characters in gambling. David – He dressed to the nines and lived in a pay-by-the week hotel. His brother […]
How many times have you heard these words? Sometimes it means really good things, and others times it is putting off something you don’t want to fool with. It can be the day that defines the worst of your being, or it can be the 24 hours that make you who you are. Either way, one day […]
