JC / Railbird - Holiday Hiatus Continues

Holiday Hiatus Continues

Keeneland in the off-season For a few more ~~days~~ weeks …
If you’re already focusing on the Derby, take a look at the Raceday 360 Wire Kentucky Derby tag pages, loaded with Top 10 lists, video contender profiles from Churchill Downs, classic replays, Derby prospect updates, statistical research, and much more. We might be four months away from the first Saturday in May, but it’s apparently never too early for Derby fever to kick in.
Or, if you’re more in the mood to reflect on the year past, check out the 2008-in-Review page.

Posted by JC in Miscellany on 01/06/2009 @ 8:30 pm / Follow @railbird on Twitter

3 Comments

That’s an interesting photo of Keeneland. Any particular reason you chose it?

Posted by EJXD2 on January 7, 2009 @ 11:08 am

Because the TVs are on, but no one is watching. This picture is from my March 2006 Lexington trip; Keeneland had a couple areas open for simulcasting, in which there were a couple dozen people, but the track was otherwise still. I thought it sort of fit the scene around the blog lately, where most activity is in the Twitter box. Racing goes on, blogging continues elsewhere, but not much is happening here … for now.

Posted by Jessica on January 7, 2009 @ 11:51 am

Nice symbolism, then!
The reason I was especially interested in the picture (besides it being my home track) is that Keeneland recently adjusted its winter settings (so to speak) so that every TV isn’t on during simulcasting.
It used to be you could go there in the dead of winter and the TVs in that area, which is open air) would be on. They’ve retrofitted the place a bit and only use electricity in the indoor areas now, which is nice.
But yeah, it used to be weird to walk through there and see all the signals like that.

Posted by EJXD2 on January 8, 2009 @ 11:16 am

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