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Title: So long to the "Big A".
Post by: dougie on June 28, 2026, 09:25:00 AM

I was 19 years old then. We'd jump on the Belt Parkway from the Rockaway parkway exit in Canarsie and be there in 15 minutes. It looked like a factory. But great Manhattan Clam Chowder. Corned Beef sandwiches with spicy mustard on club bread. Amazing. And great racing. A speed favoring track in the winter. I watched Seattle Slew win the Wood Memorial there. A great jockey colony. Angel Cordero Jr., Jorge Velazquez, Mike Venizia, Jacinto Vazquez, Eddie Maple, and Braulio Baeza. But now.....it will be a gaming complex. Live racing will be finished there. And this great racetrack, a long enduring fixture in Queens for 132 years, will become a part of history. So long "Big A". Thanks for ther memories. I'll miss you forever.

Title: Re: So long to the "Big A".
Post by: Kirby's Ace on June 28, 2026, 09:01:53 PM

Raced my 2nd thoroughbred there Back in 82. I think she just finished.

 87xc.2

Title: Re: So long to the "Big A".
Post by: Sweet on June 28, 2026, 09:45:04 PM

Quote from: Kirby's Ace on June 28, 2026, 09:01:53 PM

Raced my 2nd thoroughbred there Back in 82. I think she just finished.

 87xc.2

More fantasies from the calhoony stable  ngc3

Title: Re: So long to the "Big A".
Post by: Kirby's Ace on June 29, 2026, 06:46:56 PM

And look who pops in with sarcasm.

My biggest Pigeon!

 ngc3

Title: Re: So long to the "Big A".
Post by: Sweet on June 29, 2026, 08:05:48 PM

Quote from: Kirby's Ace on June 29, 2026, 06:46:56 PM

And look who pops in with sarcasm.

My biggest Pigeon!

 ngc3

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