Storm Song - By Linda Dougherty

re: Storm Song - By Linda Dougherty

Michenka — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:18:57 GMT

My first visit to Churchill was as a child of eight. The staff was great then and over four decades later, the staff is still great. All racetrack people understand how to overcome when stuff goes wrong, because stuff goes wrong everyday and the horse race runs anyway.

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Blue Dawn — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:24:57 GMT

Linda,

Thanks for that fantastic, detailed account of the events that day! I was quite touched to hear how wonderful the Chuchill staff was to you all. I'm so glad it all worked out--you have a great story to retell through the years!

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Laurie — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:07:15 GMT

Linda,

I am glad to know you and your daughters got home safely. Love the article and thank you so much your Churchill Downs Security Officer.

Laurie

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Sandra Warren — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:56:45 GMT

I have never had the pleasure of being at CD, but lately I have been saddened to read on many blogs how bad the customer service is at CD. It has even been mocked on Indian Charlie's newsletter. So since I am planning a trip there soon, I am so pleased to read a first-hand account of the staff treating customers so well during a crisis. Perhaps the management has been reading the same things I have, and are making an extra effort to please customers. Racing needs every entity to work hard on customer satisfaction.

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BlueHen — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:33:46 GMT

Wow, a potentially really bad situation turned into a lot of fun! What a neat adventure. Just goes to show you racetrack people are the best. :)

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OldDog — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:56:17 GMT

Wow, talk about turning lemons into lemonade. I’m one of those always wanting to see behind the scenes people, and would have really enjoyed going through the old catacombs and having lunch in the jockeys’ room. Well done, Churchill staff!

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smartysgal — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:16:00 GMT

Linda, I should mention that I'm formerly from the suburbs of Philadelphia, PA and moved to Lexington in late 1999. I love Kentucky!

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smartysgal — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:14:34 GMT

You all surely had some kind of adventure! The folks at Churchill Downs have always been kind to me, too, everytime I visited. I was supposed to drive to L'ville that fateful day as well, but glad my plans got cancelled. I hope you come back real soon, Linda and your girls, to see how beautiful Churchill Downs is when it's DRY!

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Marilyn H — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:43:12 GMT

I'm glad you and your girls are safe first and foremost. But if you are ever to be in the midst of a tough time, the folks at Churchill will find a way to be hospitable. My former husband was a jockey who suffered a fall at Churchill. While he was being treated by medics, I was being treated like royalty by the good folks at Churchill. They know how to do it right in good times and bad!

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RobfromBMore — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:09:05 GMT

Glad that you and your family are safe. Kudos to the Churchill Staff on their hospitality. I have been to the Derby Museum three times. What a great place and I hope the Museum is able to restore all the great artifacts that they had.

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Frank R2L — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:42:52 GMT

Linda you do an amazing job and mostly I'm glad that you and your daughters were and are safe. Other than that , while not the original plan, your memories will be life lasting. Nice to hear Churchill team took great care of you and were so hospitable. As you know I'm a northeasterneer like you and as my own daughter heads of to Louisville for college it's nice to know "the locals" put people (and of course the horses)first !

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sweet terchi — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:46:20 GMT

Wow!! Mother Nature smiled on you! What an adventure, not only that, it turned out a whole lot better than your original trip. I hope you took a lot of pictures of that day, because that was a once in a lifetime opportunity!