Anyone Going to the VA Gold Cup this weekend??
 

I have a rail spot with a bunch of friends..

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Well, apparently I know what 12thMan is doing this weekend then.

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[quote=TheMalcolmConnection;306089]Well, apparently I know what 12thMan is doing this weekend then.[/quote]


touche.

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You have to dress like a dork though.... haha..

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Shouldn't be hard for him.

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I love the banter.

Oh, Hessy...should I wear my Riggo jersey?

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Wear that and a top hat.

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Not a top hat, a derby hat..

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seriously I have been to this...snooze fest! If you like hanging around NoVa snobs good time!

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Keep an eye out for this guy:

[img]http://www.thefoxtales.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/monopoly.gif[/img]

... and if you see him, punch him in the face for me! :)

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[quote=mredskins;306119]seriously I have been to this...snooze fest! If you like hanging around NoVa snobs good time![/quote]

If you do it right it's fun! .... sheesh!

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[quote=hesscl34;306086]I have a rail spot with a bunch of friends..[/quote]
Soccer is about the most boring sport there is. I guess you and a bunch of friends will be there and all he soccer moms and their mini vans.

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[QUOTE=firstdown;306133]Soccer is about the most boring sport there is. I guess you and a bunch of friends will be there and all he soccer moms and their mini vans.[/QUOTE]

You don't like soccer, I don't like cauliflower...neither have anything at all to do with this thread

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OK, ill bite. what is the Va. gold cup?

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[QUOTE=dmek25;306163]OK, ill bite. what is the Va. gold cup?[/QUOTE]

[url=http://www.vagoldcup.com/]Welcome to Virginia Gold Cup Races[/url]

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[quote=SmootSmack;306134]You don't like soccer, I don't like cauliflower...neither have anything at all to do with this thread[/quote]



do you really not like cauliflower ? i don't particularly like it steamed but cold in a salad with some ranch dressing on it.......mmmmmmmmmm, that stuff is great.

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I live in warrenton which is like 3 miles from the plains where the gold cup is held, and we have a party for all of our friends afterwards every year, but we don't actually attend the event anymore... and this year we're in the process of moving, so there will be no gold cup party.... unless we happen upon someone else's...

Alot of my young friends go every year, and my sisters go every year, though... and there is always a plethora of fine drunk women sitting in bars around warrenton that saturday night...

was alot of fun in my single days...

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[quote=firstdown;306133]Soccer is about the most boring sport there is. I guess you and a bunch of friends will be there and all he soccer moms and their mini vans.[/quote]

It's a HORSE race, silly!!!!! Steeplechase...

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I don't understand how someone who can like football, watch this crap called Gold Cup.

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I grew up riding horses.... AND watching football!!

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[quote=hesscl34;306632]I grew up riding horses.... AND watching football!![/quote]

Hessy, have you ever been to the Potomac Hunt Steeple Chase? It's a pretty good time.

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Sorry Hess I didn't mean to offend it is just not my thing.

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no offense! .. different strokes for different folks...

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[quote=12thMan;306642]Hessy, have you ever been to the Potomac Hunt Steeple Chase? It's a pretty good time.[/quote]'

Not yet, but I'm going to put that on my list of things to do!!!

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[quote=hesscl34;306651]'

Not yet, but I'm going to put that on my list of things to do!!![/quote]

It's in a couple of weeks and I have tickets...if you would like to go.

I mean as 'friends', of course....not a man:)

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Thanks. I'll think about it!!!

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[quote=hesscl34;306632]I grew up riding horses.... AND watching football!![/quote]

How expensive is it to get your children into horseback riding?

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12th, looks like you're eating that extra ticket.

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[quote=angryssg;306672]How expensive is it to get your children into horseback riding?[/quote]

[COLOR=black]I used to teach so I can answer all of these questions. Private lesson with the child and horse are about $70/$100 a lesson depending on where you go. Semi-Private with two or three horses and students are about $50. And Group lessons with 4 or more horses and students are about $35 an hour. You have to buy boots for your kid, and it's best to buy them a helmet and not use the one at the farm. That will run you around $100. Most kids get 1 to 2 lessons a week. [/COLOR]

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[quote=ArtMonkDrillz;306674]12th, looks like you're eating that extra ticket.[/quote]

Hahaha....What's the over/under that Hessy 'can't' go?

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[quote=hesscl34;306690][COLOR=black]I used to teach so I can answer all of these questions. Private lesson with the child and horse are about $70/$100 a lesson depending on where you go. Semi-Private with two or three horses and students are about $50. And Group lessons with 4 or more horses and students are about $35 an hour. You have to buy boots for your kid, and it's best to buy them a helmet and not use the one at the farm. That will run you around $100. Most kids get 1 to 2 lessons a week. [/COLOR][/quote]

Sweet! Thanks alot! I have just earned myself Father of the year. One of my daughters loves horses, or at least she thinks she does.

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Yeah, she'll be really "busy" that whole weekend, but otherwise she would've loved to go.

I say there's 3.5% chances she goes.

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[QUOTE=mredskins;306630]I don't understand how someone who can like football, watch this crap called Gold Cup.[/QUOTE]

I dont watch steeplechase, But I love thoroughbred racing!
I go to Del Mar Racetrack a few times every year, Best place to see a horse race in the US!!!
Santa Anita Race track is alot of fun too.

I even watch horseracing on TVG :(