AN OBSERVATIONAL, SELF-DEPRECATING, SOMETIMES UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT OCCASIONALLY INSIGHTFUL LOG OF A 20-YEAR-OLD CITY KID'S SARATOGA SUMMER

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Saratoga '07 in unsequenced pictures, Part VI

SLEEK JOHN
HESANOLDSALT
WHAT'S A SARATOGA SUMMER WITHOUT EVENING ATTIRE?
ANTHONY, THE MAYOR OF SARATOGA, YOU DON'T KNOW HIM, YOU DON'T KNOW NOBODY





Saratoga '07 in unsequenced pictures, Part V

BEFORE THE TRACK OPENS













Saratoga '07 in unsequenced pictures, Part IV

LADY JOANNE BEFORE WINNING ALABAMA
TOUGH TIZ'S SIS (CHECK THE EYES)
MARYFIELD BEFORE WINNING BALLERINA
PUSSYCAT DOLL
THE ILL-FATED INDIAN FLARE BEFORE BALLERINA
SWAP FLIPAROO
BOCA GRANDE
BARONESS THATCHER
NOTHING BUT FUN
MIRACULOUS MISS










Saratoga '07 in unsequenced pictures, Part III

SUMWONLOVESYOU RACE DAY
THE BACKSTRETCH STARTING GATE (PERHAPS MY FAVORITE SHOT OF THE MEET)
ANY GIVEN SATURDAY
GEORGE WEAVER WORKING ON FEET
HOW MUCH OF A PIE HE ORDERS BYK EATS (LOOK CLOSELY TOP LEFT FOR THE LONE BITE)
SUMWONLOVESYOU BATHING
WILL HE SHINE
LEAR'S PRINCESS










Saratoga '07 in unsequenced pictures, Part II

ME AND MIKE (BIGSMC)
STREET SENSE BEFORE THE JIM DANDY
SUMWONLOVESYOU
THE DEE TEE THRONG INVADES THE PADDOCK










Saratoga '07 in unsequenced pictures, Part I

OCTAVE
THE ROUNDHOUSE
FED WATCHER
RANDOM EMPTY PADDOCK SHOTS