RE: The Best of Southern California: The Del Mar Racetrack
(07-23-2012 02:07 PM)MikeCF Wrote: .
But I've seen guys posting who live in mansions and drive Ferraris.
You just never know...
Right, I am sure there are many like that, but I doubt they spend all day sitting on the internet talking about it and sending traffic to a little blog where they hawk amazon stuff to make a couple of bucks.
RE: The Best of Southern California: The Del Mar Racetrack
You are being presumptuous yet again.
This thread should have proved its point already.
That and everyone should realize that the most important thread on this entire forum is money over bitches. The only person hated more than the playboy is the wealthy playboy.
(07-23-2012 02:19 PM)ManAbout Wrote:
(07-23-2012 02:07 PM)MikeCF Wrote: .
But I've seen guys posting who live in mansions and drive Ferraris.
You just never know...
Right, I am sure there are many like that, but I doubt they spend all day sitting on the internet talking about it and sending traffic to a little blog where they hawk amazon stuff to make a couple of bucks.
07-23-2012 02:22 PM
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RE: The Best of Southern California: The Del Mar Racetrack
Gman!
ever been to Royal Ascot? Galway?
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07-23-2012 08:17 PM
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RE: The Best of Southern California: The Del Mar Racetrack
Yeah, Ascot is our best-known track, the one the queen opens every year. http://www.ascot.co.uk/index.php
Never gone but when i worked in hotels I'd see people returning after the day, spending all their winnings on booze-so much money gets spent as Ascot, particularly during the Royal meet. It's noted chiefly for how much people bet-winning and losing- and how stupidly some women dress.
Galway's Irish. My irish uncle used to breed racing greyhounds, knows anything about the industry but hasn't gambled in years.
Galway also has a really big, well known racing festival, it comes up this month if you feel adventurous: http://www.galwayraces.com/
They're both all about the horses afaik. You could probably find other action if you must have it though
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RE: The Best of Southern California: The Del Mar Racetrack
(07-24-2012 08:47 AM)thegmanifesto Wrote:
(07-23-2012 08:17 PM)shameus_oreaaly Wrote: Gman!
ever been to Royal Ascot? Galway?
No.
Would love to go though.
Any idea what the chick scene is like there?
Some notion, yeah.
Where I used to work, we hosted coach parties coming back, since most people go for one day, not all three. Lots of talent, well-dressed folk. Don't know what the ratio is like, because the only examples you see in british papers or tv are the chavs and people who start fights in the parking lot (even at Ascot, this happens every year).
I know the Royal Enclosure has stricter dress code, lots of models go there, and it's invitation required, so better class of people hopefully? abd probably better looking girls. Very international if you go to meet people other than women. Lots of Saudi and Dubai visitors come, I've met a number. Dubai especially has a big racing culture, so buyers and breeders turn up to do networking.
Galway, no idea beyond hearsay.
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RE: The Best of Southern California: The Del Mar Racetrack
(07-24-2012 08:47 AM)thegmanifesto Wrote:
(07-23-2012 08:17 PM)shameus_oreaaly Wrote: Gman!
ever been to Royal Ascot? Galway?
No.
Would love to go though.
Any idea what the chick scene is like there?
From your pics I think Del Mar has England beat, though.
What's that like to visit? can you get a box to watch? How much?
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RE: The Best of Southern California: The Del Mar Racetrack
(07-24-2012 03:28 PM)shameus_oreaaly Wrote:
(07-24-2012 08:47 AM)thegmanifesto Wrote:
(07-23-2012 08:17 PM)shameus_oreaaly Wrote: Gman!
ever been to Royal Ascot? Galway?
No.
Would love to go though.
Any idea what the chick scene is like there?
Some notion, yeah.
Where I used to work, we hosted coach parties coming back, since most people go for one day, not all three. Lots of talent, well-dressed folk. Don't know what the ratio is like, because the only examples you see in british papers or tv are the chavs and people who start fights in the parking lot (even at Ascot, this happens every year).
I know the Royal Enclosure has stricter dress code, lots of models go there, and it's invitation required, so better class of people hopefully? abd probably better looking girls. Very international if you go to meet people other than women. Lots of Saudi and Dubai visitors come, I've met a number. Dubai especially has a big racing culture, so buyers and breeders turn up to do networking.
RE: The Best of Southern California: The Del Mar Racetrack
(07-24-2012 03:30 PM)Aliblahba Wrote:
(07-24-2012 03:28 PM)shameus_oreaaly Wrote:
(07-24-2012 08:47 AM)thegmanifesto Wrote:
(07-23-2012 08:17 PM)shameus_oreaaly Wrote: Gman!
ever been to Royal Ascot? Galway?
No.
Would love to go though.
Any idea what the chick scene is like there?
Some notion, yeah.
Where I used to work, we hosted coach parties coming back, since most people go for one day, not all three. Lots of talent, well-dressed folk. Don't know what the ratio is like, because the only examples you see in british papers or tv are the chavs and people who start fights in the parking lot (even at Ascot, this happens every year).
I know the Royal Enclosure has stricter dress code, lots of models go there, and it's invitation required, so better class of people hopefully? abd probably better looking girls. Very international if you go to meet people other than women. Lots of Saudi and Dubai visitors come, I've met a number. Dubai especially has a big racing culture, so buyers and breeders turn up to do networking.
Galway, no idea beyond hearsay.
Bust out a data sheet holmes!
Well, I haven't gone to Ascot, I'd just see people going and coming back. Worked in the same hotel two and a half years, and it was a short journey to the track, so we had whole offices meet there or families stay overnight and go in the morning on a rental coach. Served lots of Arabs, they talk about Ascot and the Dubai Cup, although plenty don't watch the actual racing, they go to hit on expat women. Like Gmanifesto!
All the same, something to be learned. The regular guests do it for more than fun, it's a class thing and they take it really fucking seriously, especially in the Royal Enclosure, where you need to be invited by an established member. They only stop bragging about their winnings or the cost of outfits to moan about the people in the grounds looking like crap and getting drunk. Standards are big for them.
The grandstand tickets are the next best thing, anyone can buy them, not as good a view.
Everybody else in the silver ring (cheapest, less demanding dress code, but crowded ) just goes for enjoyment. http://www.ascot.co.uk/pdf/grandstandplanroyal11.pdf
As to what it's like to go, i can only report what other people told me. Might go next year when i'm richer
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RE: The Best of Southern California: The Del Mar Racetrack
(07-23-2012 09:30 PM)el mechanico Wrote: Thanks and I'm not good at reading British addresses. Is that track far from London?
I know loads of owners and trainers that never gamble just like your uncle.
Yep, they know better!
Depends where in London you are, but it's not that far, trains from Waterloo stop right next to the racecourse and good roads
"The woman most eager to jump out of her petticoat to assert her rights is the first to jump back into it when threatened with a switching for misusing them,"
-Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary