only in maine

[chief yogi]

in my many years at the track i have seen a lot. today i saw something new.  union fair presiding judge  charlene cushing.  race 8 number 2 owner charlene cushing.  thats after 3 other horses raced today with trainer last being listed as her.
   i know other judges have had horses racing but not under their own name at places they are judging.  not judging people here.  just the fact that the state is ok with this?  this just does not look good.
  i think allowing an owner to have two in the same race uncoupled was bad but this?
no wonder racing is just fading away.  i dont think integrity on this decision.

[oldjohn123]

in my many years at the track i have seen a lot. today i saw something new.  union fair presiding judge  charlene cushing.  race 8 number 2 owner charlene cushing.  thats after 3 other horses raced today with trainer last being listed as her.
   i know other judges have had horses racing but not under their own name at places they are judging.  not judging people here.  just the fact that the state is ok with this?  this just does not look good.
  i think allowing an owner to have two in the same race uncoupled was bad but this?
no wonder racing is just fading away.  i dont think integrity on this decision.

Union could not find a JP so is working and doing this to help out.

[the double]

another maine joke

[Capt Lou]

There were 5 FULLY licensed presiding judges that are sitting out and not asked   she is not licensed as pj with Usta. So that is no excuse

[cornishcommish]

We were lucky that Sherry is a licensed judge, and was willing fill a void and work the Union Meet. Being intelligent, she no doubt excused herself from "judging or commenting" on races where she had  an interest, either training or owning a horse. This is in the rules.

Would you want to work the Union meet in a judges stand that had to be close to 100 degrees...and never has any ventilation  ?

Did the judges make any rulings on races she was vested in or did they fail to make a call in these races  ?

Find something else to bitch about.  I didn't hear or read about you guys eating your words when Cumberland DID open , and ran a successful meeting.

Already you are approaching 100 Maine race days...when 6 months ago the outlook was ZERO

[Capt Lou]

You can defend any thing you want anyway you want in till your the one on the other side of a call OR non call   Whatever makes you go to sleep at night.   And no one one else was asked so don’t say she was the only one cause she wasn’t   Nothing personal but facts are facts   Thank you

[London]

As long as it wasn't the gosht of bobby sumner

[chief yogi]

cumberland ran a meet but i wouldnt call it sucessfull.

[Mbdreamer]

cumberland ran a meet but i wouldnt call it sucessfull.

Certainly it was more successful than recent years at Scar—signal out, better handle, etc.   I’m setting the bar too low, perhaps,  but in that it allowed the industry a few months of action, I would call it successful.  Honest question: why do you chose not to call it successful?

[Wawajones]

The Cumberland meet was definitely an improvement.

[Mr.Turnpike]

Isn’t she also the out rider

[dukeman]

MIKE CUSHING IS INFLUENTIAL IN MAINE. I REMEMBER MS. URQUIDEZ FROM MANY YEARS AGO AT MONTI

[the double]

mike shing, the cornish commish defends

[chief yogi]

my thinking on cumberland not being a sucess comes from the fact its just scarborough north with some off track handle.  nothing was done that would encourage anyone to come out to the races. same 50 people there every day. the feeling was similar to the downs as if there were no hope for a future. took them all day to run a race card. i said from the start that cumberland was a new beginging and it turned into the downs.  the track itself was in great shape and the race department did a good job. so im not all down but i hoped for more i guess.

[oldjohn123]

There were 5 FULLY licensed presiding judges that are sitting out and not asked   she is not licensed as pj with Usta. So that is no excuse

Is Frank Hall still a PJ? Dana D did not want it, Shane Bacon still around? Who else is there?