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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: onthefront on March 01, 2024, 08:55:20 AM

Title: Meadowlands?????
Post by: onthefront on March 01, 2024, 08:55:20 AM: To be allowed to race at the Meadowlands? Is there any politics involved?
Title: Re: Meadowlands?????
Post by: Bernie Madoff on March 01, 2024, 09:27:07 AM: Good god y'all. They have $7500 claiming races. ANYBODY can race there.
Title: Re: Meadowlands?????
Post by: MR.DALRAE on March 01, 2024, 10:12:21 AM: The meds is a joke,,,,,thx Jeff
Title: Re: Meadowlands?????
Post by: MOHAWK FREAK on March 01, 2024, 01:10:18 PM: Back in the day a big yes. Today?? “Come on in, we are open. Leave the syringes at home”.
Title: Re: Meadowlands?????
Post by: wizardofoz on March 02, 2024, 12:16:08 AM: Total Friday Handle: $3,665,717.35.......tonight's Yonkers did around $580,000.
Title: Re: Meadowlands?????
Post by: Locked in with pace on March 02, 2024, 06:52:14 AM: The only had 3 races with full field of 10, and the class of horses racing was very low. Purses were thus low. They still did near $3.7 Million. If they are so concerned about the bottom line, this is the business model you'll probably see going forward. What a shame to what they used to be.
Title: Re: Meadowlands?????
Post by: The Exporter on March 02, 2024, 07:41:38 AM: I would think a more inclusive statement would be; "what a shame to what the industry used to be."
Title: Re: Meadowlands?????
Post by: Locked in with pace on March 02, 2024, 08:02:00 AM: This issue is not everywhere. You have some states states that are doing well, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Mass, Kentucky, and Minnesota to name some. Strong purses , improved sire stakes program, and an improved horse population.
Title: Re: Meadowlands?????
Post by: The Exporter on March 02, 2024, 09:15:23 AM: Doing well? With who's money? What is the standard for success in harness racing? What track has the greatest state subsidies?
Title: Re: Meadowlands?????
Post by: Superfecta on March 02, 2024, 11:06:15 AM: Quote from: The Exporter on March 02, 2024, 09:15:23 AM
Doing well? With who's money? What is the standard for success in harness racing? What track has the greatest state subsidies?

The standard for success is keeping those slots spinning. ;D
Title: Re: Meadowlands?????
Post by: wizardofoz on March 03, 2024, 12:02:09 AM: Total Saturday Handle: $3,568,976.98. They did over $7.2 million in 2 nights.
Title: Re: Meadowlands?????
Post by: MR.DALRAE on March 03, 2024, 10:15:08 AM: That’s pocono handle for a month
Title: Re: Meadowlands?????
Post by: dinkadoo on March 03, 2024, 03:51:32 PM: Quote from: Bernie Madoff on March 01, 2024, 09:27:07 AM
Good god y'all. They have $7500 claiming races. ANYBODY can race there.
Jeff figuring out that you can run amateurs and rats around the track and people will still bet $3 million plus on the weekends.
Title: Re: Meadowlands?????
Post by: rainman2 on March 03, 2024, 04:04:37 PM: Quote from: Bernie Madoff on March 01, 2024, 09:27:07 AM
Good god y'all. They have $7500 claiming races. ANYBODY can race there.

You better have fast horses to race there no matter what class you race in!!!
Title: Re: Meadowlands?????
Post by: stanetelman on March 03, 2024, 05:41:58 PM: Quote from: dinkadoo on March 03, 2024, 03:51:32 PM
Jeff figuring out that you can run amateurs and rats around the track and people will still bet $3 million plus on the weekends.

Why bother running stakes races when the handle is this good with cheap horses?