Loud enough that the entire track had to hear it. There was some sort of party tent in the infield blasting rap music almost the whole afternoon. Spruce up the stands and you've got a five star event. Everybody polite and mixing and having a great time, even with a lot of drinking going on.) It is clear that this is a big deal for the city, as it ought to be.īring back the pageantry, and lets us watch and hear it on the outdoor big screens, and you've got a four star event. Lame! (Lots of blacks and whites at the race by the way. all this was shown on the outdoor big screens, but I couldn't hear any of it! I had to look at buglers silently playing on TV! Then just the murmur of the crowd for 20 minutes, then the race happened, and that was it?! I would have had no clue that it was the second best horse race in the country, unless I had already known that!!Īlso, they don't sing the traditional Maryland song anymore, because it was deemed racist. Welcome to the Holiday Inn Express® Baltimore at the Stadiums. They should have had audio piped into the stands: the buglers, the TV announcers talking about the tradition, this year's jockeys and horses.
It's not that big of a deal, but for a Triple Crown race I was expecting more.
Like others here have said, the stands are a bit rundown.
