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The first thing to do upon arrival to the race course is obtain a program. Within it are contained all the facts, features and details to stay with the action of the day. Herewith is a short primer course on how to read the sometimes arcane information inside.
Towards the front of the program will be a full listing of the day’s officials and organizers. Give them due credit: setting up a day of horse racing on what is often essentially a fallow cow field, for hundreds of horses and thousands of spectators, is sometimes an exercise in patience. Thank them, silently albeit, when you find his and hers port-a-potties between each row of tailgaters.
The races will be listed in order, usually
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