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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: Atthetrack7 on July 31, 2019, 03:42:10 PM

Title: Racing in Mass may be ending
Post by: Atthetrack7 on July 31, 2019, 03:42:10 PM: http://www.lowellsun.com/news/ci_32755366/horse-racing-legislation-down-wire

couldn't happen to a nicer state
Title: Re: Racing in Mass may be ending
Post by: The Exporter on July 31, 2019, 04:19:30 PM: I have to say, the Senate proposal makes sense. It plan was drafted when there was thoroughbred racing. Stands to reason diverting those funds back to a public program . No surprise to the harness horsemen.
Title: Re: Racing in Mass may be ending
Post by: Wendall Tilley on August 01, 2019, 05:12:17 AM: This doesn't sound good for Mass racing.The politicians love to say they'll spend the money on education.I'm with the government and i'm here to help !
Title: Re: Racing in Mass may be ending
Post by: PIGLAND on August 01, 2019, 06:54:55 AM: if all the money they say went to schools ,kids would have gold books and i would be abke to spell
Title: Re: Racing in Mass may be ending
Post by: Bernie Madoff on August 01, 2019, 07:30:39 AM: Quote from: PIGLAND on August 01, 2019, 06:54:55 AM
if all the money they say went to schools ,kids would have gold books and i would be abke to spell

Wrong.
Title: Re: Racing in Mass may be ending
Post by: Rabbi Of Racing on August 01, 2019, 09:13:07 AM: Quote from: PIGLAND on August 01, 2019, 06:54:55 AM
if all the money they say went to schools ,kids would have gold books and i would be abke to spell
100% correct
Title: Re: Racing in Mass may be ending
Post by: Papillon on August 01, 2019, 10:22:03 AM: the contract expired at midnight last night

anyone no if they’re racing today?

any update?
Title: Re: Racing in Mass may be ending
Post by: Powerful Patricks Ghost on August 01, 2019, 11:07:54 AM: Quote from: Wendall Tilley on August 01, 2019, 05:12:17 AM
This doesn't sound good for Mass racing.The politicians love to say they'll spend the money on education.I'm with the government and i'm here to help !

Better to waste it on education than some loser horsemen
Title: Re: Racing in Mass may be ending
Post by: Papillon on August 01, 2019, 11:51:10 AM: Quote from: Herb L on August 01, 2019, 10:49:05 AM

The House and Senate have agreed to extend the Simulcast legislation to December 1st, which means live racing will continue as scheduled for the remainder of the racing season.

thank you for the update

Betfair exchange allows me access to a plainridge but only on Mondays
Title: Re: Racing in Mass may be ending
Post by: seriously on August 01, 2019, 01:10:55 PM: https://www.capecod.com/newscenter/legislature-enters-summer-recess-with-unfinished-business/

4th paragraph down says both chambers did meet the deadline for extending horse racing and simulcasting.

However, harness racing should really start doing something positive to protect its longevity. The same-o same-o isn't going to see it last more than 10 years with subsidies.
Title: Re: Racing in Mass may be ending
Post by: The Exporter on August 01, 2019, 01:33:55 PM: It has been more than 20 years since the first track got its VLT money. It has been since then we have all said they can not depend on this money. That they need to make changes and and improvements in order to survive. Now 2019, the song remains the same...
Title: Re: Racing in Mass may be ending
Post by: Papillon on August 01, 2019, 01:53:01 PM: There is much talk about reviving the Great Barrington Fair ... possibly expanding the track to make a 5F chute now that Suffolk raced it’s last race.

If they’re gonna have Tbreds then surely Plainridge e would be covered under that umbrella of protection.
Title: Re: Racing in Mass may be ending
Post by: chief yogi on August 01, 2019, 11:14:45 PM: great barrington is a dream. no population there to support a extended meet. no horses either. t breds tend to stable at a track and not ship. whatever track horses come from they would end up being told to not come back. real shortage at every t bred track of horses. it was a fantastic fair in its day. 700 000 handles in the 70's but there were lots of horses then and people came out for the one week of racing. the suffolk idea i believe has more to do with getting another track up and running without union workers killing their bottom line. suffolk still handles close to 175 million a year on similalcasts.