Fun. Here in the NE US, we don't have many tracks left with live racing. Suffolk Dows, in Boston, only has racing on social occasions. It's all off track betting for the post part.
I've been out to Saratoga a few times, and that's a great track. It's reminiscent of the old days when horse racing was truly the sport of kings...
That sounds a bit sad. It will probably go that way here too once the fun police have their say. They tried to ban greyhound racing in my state recently and copped a huge voter backlash so maybe we'll get a few more years.
Besides betting the sulkies at the annual fall fair, Greyhound racing was my first real racing experiences as a young man.
Man, those dogs loved to run!