Believe it or not, now defunct Scarboro had a pretty good restaurant.

Monti had a nice Prime Rib.

That's so weird because I was just remembering, believe it or not...The Palm Beach Kennel Club was the best sit down dining of all.

Charles Town made a great prime rib too in their dining room which was on a very steep incline.

The BigM had lobster ravioli I think it came in frozen, crap  , Yonkers, Pompano, they were all fair...The Ten Palms at GP good, not great, typical American, not the greatest buffet dining.

The absolute worst was Calder at the end.  Awful cold cuts on a long and narrow, short legged buffet table.  Horror show like that crap that Rocky described at Hawthone 

But back in the pre-adw days I'd bet no dogs, go to the PBKC strictly for simulcast and dining. 

The Rooney family had a reserved table in the front left hand corner.  Their kids used to run around it playing. 

Brats 

That grew up to be these famous actresses (Kate and her sis, Rooney Mara)

Believe it or not, now defunct Scarboro had a pretty good restaurant.

Monti had a nice Prime Rib.

I was at both many times. Scarborough had a great buffet on Kentucky Derby Day!

A driver with no brains is worthless, no matter how good his hands are

Ask Michel Lachance and Bill O’Donnell about they hooked up in 53.4 in one of the biggest trotting races circa 1990’s! 
That race was 2 guys with great hands and no brains!

I too used to love dining at the track with my wife. My five favorite dining spots to watch the horses are.....

1) The "Cloud Casino" at Roosevelt Raceway. Good solid food and a great view. Just a great spot to watch the "Red Man" go to the top almost every race. Great driver colony. I once had a chat with Stan Bergstein at the window one night. Very nice guy.

2) Trackside restaurant at Gulfstream Park. Although the view was better from their upstairs restaurant with an incredible Sunday buffet, I love the trackside restaurant alot. I was once sitting next to Jack Klugman and Tim Conway there. People followed them to the windows trying to see what they bet. I didn't. I just waved and smiled once and they smiled back.

3) "Top Of Park" at Pompano Park. A quick elevator ride to the 6th floor that had an amazing view. And since I owned some cheap horses my wife and I only had to show our track ID for a free program and some nibbles in the lounge. I always tried to get a seat on the top level of the restaurant so it wasn't a long walk to the windows. I had the thrill of sitting near George Steinbrenner on a Bredders Crown night when one of his horses won. He was like a kid jumping up and down. I shook his hand and congratulated him and his wife.

4) Trackside Restaurant at Freehold Raceway. Although the food was pretty bad and the dining room was past the finish line. all the owners and trainers hung out there. During the 80's and 90's, you'd be able to pick up a morsel of information from a owner every once in awhile. I was given a horse by an  owner that was driven by Gino Palazzolo that paid $64 from the 8 post. Wire-to-Wire while the chalk at even money never got off the rail.

5) The 4th floor restaurant at Calder Race Course. With a pretty sweet view and some great steak sandwiches, they were one of the first tracks that had a small TV at each table. The Maitred', a friend of the family named Lorie (who just reacently passed. Rest In Peace my friend) gave us great seats and an occasional winner to pay for our meal. LOL! Local trainers like Ediie Plesa Jr., Danny Hurtak, Bennie Stutts, and Larry Pilotti would have their own tables and were fun to chat with. A great time for the track right off the Florida Turnpike.

Geez.....I miss those great places.

Did it finally work?

Was a blessing in disguise but you nailed the 4th nicely

No. Not sure what is going on with 1st bets. They screwed up Monmouth yesterday. I use them because I get my free prpgrams from the, but thia is annoying.

Late P5 at lakes would have would have been 16/13/3/56/17

I also handicapped Oak Grove

Race 4  box 37
Race 5 4
Race 6 box 37  p5  37/8/5/3/27
Race 7 8
Race 8 5
Race 9 3
Race 10 box 27
Race 11  2  p4  2/23/2/1
Race 12  3-2
Race 13 2
Race 14 1