Saratoga 2023 Meetup!

[Ted Craven]

Wee're baack at Saratoga Springs this year on the traditional weekend of PaceandCap Meetups - Alabama Stakes weekend, August 18-20, 2023

This thread is to get an idea of how many folks might be planning to attend. Presuming there is enough interest, we can get the usual collection of tables in the Four Star Dave carousel restaurant, our recent traditional meeting place.

Charlie B - save a seat for me!

I will also organize the traditional Friday evening seminar at the NHPLAY offices, showing off what's new in RDSS, working Saturday races, demonstrating some successful profitable methods - meet & greet & eat!

For those who might be coming for the first time, we'll get together a collection of hotels and good places to eat.

After a 3 year hiatus for the Pandemic I'm really looking forward to getting the gang back together and seeing all my old and new friends again. We always have a blast and learn a lot from each other. It could be a great way to kick-start your game to a new level.

See you there!

Ted

[57viking]

Ted ......I will be there . I look forward to meeting some of the people in person. Jim

[Ted Craven]

Originally Posted by 57viking

Ted ......I will be there . I look forward to meeting some of the people in person. Jim

Jim, it will be great to meet you!


Ted

[AwesomeAgain]

Ray (HoldAllTickets) And (AwesomeAgain) Will Be There.

[Ted Craven]

Hey guys - it will be 'awesome' to finally meet you both!


Ted

[Jimmy R]

Happy to see this as the 18th is my birthday and I've celebrated it at the Spa before...though it's been 15+ years. My wife & I are a maybe/probable. We'll know better in about a month.

All the best

JimmyR

[Ted Craven]

Originally Posted by Jimmy R

Happy to see this as the 18th is my birthday and I've celebrated it at the Spa before...though it's been 15+ years. My wife & I are a maybe/probable. We'll know better in about a month.

All the best

JimmyR

Jimmy, it will be nice to meet you! It would have been so nice to have met your dad - perhaps I did, back in the day.

Keep me posted.

Ted

[mick]

Ted,

I plan to be there and I'm looking forward to it. I might even talk the wife into coming with me.

Mick

[mick]

I have a lot of photos of Saratoga. Here are just a few from August 2017. Our friend Bill Ziemba (aka Dr. Z) who bet more on a race than I bet in a month. At Tom Morley's barn to see Bill's new filly. I was with Lt. Tim who was such a good sport because it had been a long day and we were tired and wanted to get back to the Desmond. Bill never seemed to run out of energy. And Chad Brown who was friendly while Mr. Pletcher was not. I was surprised that Kenny McPeek actually remembered me from a bar in Lexington. I was in the saddling area because of Charlie's credentials. Thank you, Charlie.

[Jimmy R]

Originally Posted by Ted Craven

Jimmy, it will be nice to meet you! It would have been so nice to have met your dad - perhaps I did, back in the day.

Keep me posted.

Ted

Me too Ted! And ...I hope I can make it to Saratoga too. Bud (John) was my father-in-law, and it's possible you might have met previously. I don't recall him ever going to anything live by Doc...but maybe pre-1992 which was when I first met him. I did help him with VALT and using the PC in general when me and his daughter moved to Phoenix in '02. When we returned a few years later, he left the PC work to me, but he would hand me the DRF with the horses & PPs to use marked in black. He bought the DRF at the local news-stand every day and had a yearly subscription to the Bloodhorse.
He passed in 2008 and I was divorced 10+ years ago, but I still thank him for getting me into handicapping and then reading the Formulator follow-ups.