Press Box and the Fifth Floor

This is the Press Box on the fifth floor. It's pretty messy inside, but I do my best to find time and cleanup. The whole thing is covered in win photos of horses, so it kept Molly and I pretty entertained for awhile there.

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This is the fifth floor, right outside the Press Box. Mostly everyone who works up there hangs out there in between races -- Molly and I, Dave (the announcer), Keith, Bill, the TV guys, etc. Keith and Bill do their chart calling out of the booth to the right, and the TVs to the left always have races going. Of course, there are programs and beer all over the tables. The track is out the main window, and Molly and I usually sit on the tables and watch the action (action includes: horses racing outside and guys inside throwing things around and yelling loudly after losing lots of money). There's also a machine to the right that takes bets and it probably has about $100 of mine.

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This is the view of the track. Maybe not the coolest, but definitely a good one. The track is the second largest (at 1 1/4 miles) and has the widest turf course in North America.

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This is about how close we see the horses from our window. Not too bad. Plus, we don't even really need to watch because we can hear Keith or Bill doing the chart calling and always know where each horse is, and we can always go to the TV room to see the up-close replays if we'd really like. But, of course, I'm glued to the races.