The best reminder email I’ve gotten in … well, a year.
After fighting a few months of snow and rain, gray skies and the cold, an email in my inbox reminding me the Saratoga racing season is coming again.
Sure, it may come every year. Sure we know it’ll be here come July and August. Sure, we know it is months away.
But look at the page on Saratoga.com, take a look at the beautiful blue skies, the rooftop spires, the horses running and tell me it doesn’t get you excited that summer will be here.
We are nine days from Spring. Three more months from Summer.
The sun. The heat. The humidity. The clothes sticking to us. The newspaper print from the Daily Racing Form getting on our fingers then cursing ourselves that we – without thinking – wiped our hand on our white pants and pink shirt while hanging outside that paddock.
Yup. It’s coming.
Thank God!
And thank you Saratoga.com for my email…you made my day.
Great blog Patrick. We enjoy it immensely. Your words remind me of the time we lived in Saratoga. As soon the last snow flake had melted I would change my going home route to include a drive past the track. I became expert at picking up the nuances of change leading up to opening day. The picnic tables would reappear in the backyard, the tractors began turning over the main track, eventually the red and white flowers would appear in the grandstand and finally the horses would begin to arrive from other racing venues and farms. Two months and 17 days until they’re off again at Saratoga!
You’ll understand, of course, if I find myself envying you a bit won’t you? If for no other reason than the fact you lived in Saratoga and got to drive past the track every day. LOL. LOVED your description of the unfolding of spring to summer to August in Paradise. Many thanks for commenting. ~ Patrick