#egosatis

Thanks to egosatis for pointing it out... I guessed NYRA posted yesterday (the same day as my photo excitement post) about an expanded ban on crap for Belmont Stakes day. I get more than a little mad when there's mass hysteria about anything to the point where it gets blown out of proportion. Now, I can understand that after the Boston Marathon bombings using pressure cookers, that you'd want to ban large coolers and bags coming in. But cameras and camera lenses? Really? Man if someone was able to build a frightful explosive, put it in one of these babies, and somehow tote it in and successfully detonate it... they deserve some type of stealth award. It all just feels excessive, kind of like when they wanted to check everyone's shoes before boarding airplanes. If you look through a lens, you will see right through the center because it is made of glass and plastic/metal. C'mon now...

So yeah, I don't know what I'm going to do. If I have a camera, I always take it to any horse-related event I go to and it would feel very strange to not have a camera. They haven't banned point-and-shoots, but I don't own one, nor am I interested in one. I don't own a smartphone either. I am toying with the idea of applying for media credentials-- being that I have to buy insurance for my equipment anyway for the documentary-- but being that it is Belmont Day and it's going to be limited access I'm not sure how hopeful I can be about it.

Doubly downing, I wanted to also bring along my new Tascam recorder that is coming in the mail soon for all you kids who have never been to a big horse race. They don't include any crowd noises on the NBC/ESPN telecasts, so I thought it would be cool to try to capture the loudspeaker call and the roaring din. That would be so cool BUT I GUESS IT'S NOT HAPPENING! :(