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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: Locked in with pace on October 21, 2023, 05:36:55 AM
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Handle only a little more than 2 million even with the 4 of the popular amateur races and some 11 horse fields too. They lose money at 2 million Are changes in the works?
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Any theories why it was down?
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Look at the drivers, b track.
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I get that partfor sure. When I see Mike Cushing and Mike Merton et al at THE MEADOWLANDS, I chuckle.
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Mike Merton has been a solid performer at MR and Tioga for a number of years. But does anyone know how good a horseman he really is and how does stack up against the best of the B-track drivers?
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Any theories why it was down?
Too many Baby races with second stringers, bad drivers, some competition from Hoosier, bad undercard, general indifference. The list goes on.
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I get that partfor sure. When I see Mike Cushing and Mike Merton et al at THE MEADOWLANDS, I chuckle.
I actually meant to say Greg, not Mike. I was just saying not marquis names at the Meadowlands amny, many nights. Not mocking the kid. I like Mike the best of all the boys. In fact, last time i claimed a horse at Monti, he drove it the night I claimed it. Someone else had driven the horse 3 previous starts and sent him down the road and the horse stopped each time. I did something I had never did before. I asked Mike if he could maybe take it easy with the horse and give him a break. I made sure he understood I would NEVER ask him to not do as best as he could for the current connections. He said no problem and took back, was in tight, squeezed thru a hole and just missed. Worked well for everybody
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Handle only a little more than 2 million even with the 4 of the popular amateur races and some 11 horse fields too. They lose money at 2 million Are changes in the works?
No changes needed........ This is nothing new....... It's the same every year after their summer/fall break, for some of the reasons listed in the above posts.
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To many other better racing elsewhere, (Mohawk, Hoosier, Dayton, Northfield) just to name a few.
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It is the first card back after a layoff. Any bettor worth a grain of salt is not going to bet big on the first card especially with B drivers and amateur drivers. Hoosier also had BC elims with all the big guns there, so this was expected.
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Tough weather.
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The new Pick 8 had a pool of $2022.15
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Looks easy
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Is Dave Little still praising himself his $5 double
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73cv.2
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Handle only a little more than 2 million even with the 4 of the popular amateur races and some 11 horse fields too. They lose money at 2 million Are changes in the works?
OF COURSE CHANGES ARE IN EFFECT. More drag shows. Real game changer dont you know?
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Saturday was another terrible handle. I don't think it's the top drivers being away but rather the quality of racing. The racing there is really cheap. If this is a sign of the times, I see major changes there. These handles will not be accepted. Very curious about what they are.
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Racing quality brutal. Personally, Im very suspicious of integrity of amateur races and may begin to skip Friday nights or only place a select 1 or 2 plays on Friday card.