So long to the "Big A".

[dougie]

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.

[Kirby's Ace]

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

 

[Trigger]

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

 

More fantasies from the calhoony stable 

[Kirby's Ace]

And look who pops in with sarcasm.

My biggest Pigeon!

 

[Trigger]

And look who pops in with sarcasm.

My biggest Pigeon!