Reflections on Green Mountain Raceway

[chicolu]

Getting up early, armed with a hatchet, breaking ice on the water buckets. The  Frenchman at the end of the barn getting ready to paddock his horse for evening saying “Six coolers tonight _two for the horse, four for me.”

 Track kitchen special-“A stack o’ flapjacks for $1.00”. Real Vermont maple syrup included.

The motel down the road had real knotty pine in the room, not cheap shit paneling. I asked the owner how much per night and I thought he said $60. I pulled out 3 twenties and he said “That’s SIXTEEN a night, son.” Great track

Great track!

[PIGLAND]

awsome times

[bigwrench]

Nice!! 

[tumbleweed]

froze my butt off there but was it was filled with good people who stuck together and enjoyed racing without the stress..Harold story and Herve going at it on sundays..kim crawford and rebel aaron

[PIGLAND]

froze my butt off there but was it was filled with good people who stuck together and enjoyed racing without the stress..Harold story and Herve going at it on sundays..kim crawford and rebel aaron

[tumbleweed]

pig..whats going on with saratoga? why no ship ins to qualify?

[PIGLAND]

pig..whats going on with saratoga? why no ship ins to qualify?

I got kicked off the conference call because I spoke up

[chief yogi]

i was a bit young for horses at green mountain. did go to the puppies there a lot. track was set in beautiful country. track was so clean you could eat off the floor. great sight lines. shame its another track from my past. had a lot of fun there.

[Mbdreamer]

Pop-up gas station on the grounds so NY/NB customers could get home.  GM5/8 was the only Sunday racing in the Northeast, and no Sunday gas back in the late 60’s.  Year round operation between flats and harness.  Remember one sloppy winter night when the starting car could barely move and when the gates shut the #5 would have to slow down and then pull around the car to get racing. Made my first bet there. Lived for awhile about a mile from the track and helped a flats trainer who lived next door.  Ken Henney was a major force with harness. Awesome times.

[PIGLAND]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM8PTJLTNyU

[tumbleweed]

sorry to hear thet pig.seems as though trainers on farms that race there are screwed..me included. what can we do? they wont even let us ship horse to trainer at the track i have been told

[tumbleweed]

my first pari mutuel drive was at the mountain in 1975..wind chill was 30 below..dropped my whip going to the gate because my hands were numb..finishe d3rd though

[PIGLAND]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXTryWANdnU

[tumbleweed]

mud got so bad there sometimes they could not use the starting gate. won a race with a horse named hi land bobby in 235 in the mud!

[chief yogi]

wish they were still racing there. i give it my top track for the location. country beautiful.