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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: rainman2 on May 20, 2024, 12:33:43 AM
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as an owner/trainer/driver/groom/friend of owner/trainer?
As for myself--Buffalo Raceway, Vernon Downs, Yonkers Raceway, The Meadowlands, Plainridge Park, and Pompano Park (RIP).
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As an owner:
Meadowlands, Roosevelt, Yonkers, Freehold, Brandywine, Liberty Bell, Garden State, Buffalo, Batavia, Hinsdale, Green Mountain, Monticello. (the most were at the first 3).
Raced at (and won a few), but never was in the winners' circles: Pompano, Saratoga
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Roosevelt 1x 86 rejean...yonkers 2015 Bartlett
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As a friend of an owner, Maywood Park RIP, Sportsmans Park RIP and Hawthorne.
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Owner: Balmoral, Hawthorne, Maywood, Sportsman's...all many times each including stakes, FFA, track and world records. Friend: Washington Park, Aurora Downs, Springfield Ill fair and Arlington Park (T-Breds) Visitor: Keeneland (T-breds), Red Mile, Urbana Ill fair.
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Owner: Balmoral, Hawthorne, Maywood, Sportsman's...all many times each including stakes, FFA, track and world records. Friend: Washington Park, Aurora Downs, Springfield Ill fair and Arlington Park (T-Breds) Visitor: Keeneland (T-breds), Red Mile, Urbana Ill fair.
Maybe the three "visitor" tracks don't count. I was there on days there was no racing but I did go into the winners circle ;D
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Laurel (Tartan Track)(1962)
Garden State
Foxboro
Plainridge
Georgetown
Liberty Bell
Brandywine
Ocean Downs
Yonkers
Meadowlands
Georgetown(1968)
Harrington
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Yonkers
Saratoga
Monticello
Vernon
Tioga
Goshen
Meadowlands
Chester
Pocono
Meadows
Scioto
Northfield
Miami valley
Dayton
Hoosier
Red Mile
Oak Grove
Balmoral
Plainridge
Many Ohio fairs Circleville, Chillicothe ,Rock Spring, Greenville, Marietta,Wellston,Wilmington,Washing tonCH,Lebanon,Dover,Ashland,Conshocton and others
Delaware ohio
Friend Brandywine
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FOR UNSTABLE WE SHOULD ASK: what track have YOU NOT won at?
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Roosevelt
Yonkers
Meadowlands
Freehold
Atlantic City
Garden State
Brandywine
Liberty Bell
Pocono Downs
The Meadows
Dover Downs
Harrington
Georgetown
Rosecroft
Laurel and Freestate
Ocean Downs
Baltimore Raceway
Rockingham
Suffolk Downs
Lincoln Downs
Vernon Downs
Tioga Downs
Buffalo
Batavia
Monticello
Saratoga
Pompano
Sportsman’s Park
Los Alamitos
Sacramento
Maywood Park
Greenwood
Mohawk
Woodbine
Flamboro
Western Fair
Grand River
Georgian Downs
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Yonkers
Meadowlands
Freehold
Tioga
Pompano
Monticello
Mohawk
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Buffalo, Batavia, Northfield, Saratoga, Presque Isle, Prarie Meadows.
Several as a child, that idr except for London
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Roosevelt
Yonkers
Monticello
Vernon
Tioga
Freehold
Meadowlands
Garden State
Rosecroft
Dover
Harrington
Brandywine
Mohawk
Rideau
Scarborough
Plainridge
Saratoga
Bangor
Pompano
Rockingham
Chester
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I was only in the winners circle at Pompano Park, Monticello and Gulfstream Park when we owned T-Breds. Remarkably, 85% of my time in the winners circle were with friends whose horses won. Still exciting! LOL!
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Roosevelt
Yonkers
Meadowlands
Freehold
Atlantic City
Garden State
Brandywine
Liberty Bell
Pocono Downs
The Meadows
Dover Downs
Harrington
Georgetown
Rosecroft
Laurel and Freestate
Ocean Downs
Baltimore Raceway
Rockingham
Suffolk Downs
Lincoln Downs
Vernon Downs
Tioga Downs
Buffalo
Batavia
Monticello
Saratoga
Pompano
Sportsman’s Park
Los Alamitos
Sacramento
Maywood Park
Greenwood
Mohawk
Woodbine
Flamboro
Western Fair
Grand River
Georgian Downs
If my count is correct, only 1/2 of these tracks are still having harness racing today in 2024
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Windsor Raceway with Mark Austin and Bill Gale. Horses named Final Stretch
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winners circle pic s are nice but dont make up for the horses that BREAK YOUR HEART WHO NEVER GET a winner circle picture...
harness racing is hard especially when doing the baby game,,
if you ever want your heart broken dont date a HOT CHICK ,,
buy yearlings they will break your heart every fckin time,,
things ive learned diminishing my cking accouting last 21 yrs
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Northfield Park
Scioto Downs
Raceway Park
Lebanon Raceway
Wheeling Downs
Meadows
Erie
Latonia
Louisville Downs
Lexington The Red Mile
Fairmont Park
Hawthorn
Balmoral
Hazel Park
Yonkers
Roosevelt
Bunches of fairs
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As an owner...... Posted by Kooter for Hi pin
Roosevelt Yonkers Meadowlands Freehold Rockingham Vernon Seminole Downs Gator Downs Pompano Quad City Downs Tropical(short lived) Sportsman Maywood Hollywood Bay Meadows Wheeling Lebanon Meadows Latonia Red Mile Laurel Los Alamitos Monticello Brandywine Liberty Bell Foxboro
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winners circle pic s are nice but dont make up for the horses that BREAK YOUR HEART WHO NEVER GET a winner circle picture...
harness racing is hard especially when doing the baby game,,
if you ever want your heart broken dont date a HOT CHICK ,,
buy yearlings they will break your heart every fckin time,,
things ive learned diminishing my cking accouting last 21 yrs
Been there done that with at least 2 I have owned. Had 1 baby that couldn’t even get to 245 in training. Also owned a well thought of Florida bred who was abused. You could jog and train her just fine, but if you had to qualify her she was petrified getting ready to race in the paddock.
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Hollywood Park Los Alamitos,Bay Meadows,Sacamento,Golden Gate Field,Cloverdale,Sandown Park,Northlands,Stampede Park Regina,Winnipeg.Sackville Downs Truro,Tartan Downs,Charlottetown ,RockinghamPark,Plainridge,Yonkers,Meadowlands,Tioga,Goshen,Vernon,Delaware Ohio,Red Mile,Pompano
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great post my list same as old guy but add all ontario b tracks
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Old guy, that is a ton of tracks
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Lebanon,Windsor,muskegon,Northfield,scioto,meadows,los al, brandywine,Monticello,liberty bell,Harrahs Chester, Yonkers, meadowlands,Saratoga,Vernon, Tioga, Buffalo,Batavia,flamboro,old woodbine,pompano,meadowlands,Scarborough,cal expo, lakeshore meadows. Think I got them all
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Good Topic - Always good to think about years ago. I envy those of you who have listed so many tracks.
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Closest I ever got was eating at the Winner's Circle restaurant when it was still open at Dover! ngc3 ngc3 ngc3
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As an owner...... Posted by Kooter for Hi pin
Roosevelt Yonkers Meadowlands Freehold Rockingham Vernon Seminole Downs Gator Downs Pompano Quad City Downs Tropical(short lived) Sportsman Maywood Hollywood Bay Meadows Wheeling Lebanon Meadows Latonia Red Mile Laurel Los Alamitos Monticello Brandywine Liberty Bell Foxboro
Sweet. Tell us something about Gator and Tropical, please.
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Mohawk
Woodbine
Flamboro Downs
Windsor
Georgian Downs
Clinton
Dresden
Quinte Raceway
Sudbury
Elmira
Grand River
Hanover
Paris Fair
Western Fair
Kawartha
Woodstock
Hiawatha
Bangor
Scarboro Downs
Rockingham Park
Topsham Fair
Windsor Fair
Skowhegan
Cumberland
Union
Pompano Park
Plainridge
Red Shores Charlottetown/Summerside
Of the tracks no longer around, I enjoyed going to Elmira Raceway. Heavy gambling Amish there, sit in the car in the backstretch listen to the races on the radio, fan friendly venue.
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meadowlands pace
Breeders crown
Little brown jug
NJSS
NYSS
Pompano, Freehold, Meadowlands, Monticello, Yonkers, Roosevelt, Calder, Gulfstreem, Tampa Bay downs,
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Race tracks in ten different states
(eight in IL alone)
County /state fairs in four different states
Plus Blue Bonnets in Montreal
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Sweet. Tell us something about Gator and Tropical, please.
If you are serious about Tropical Park go to the Tropical Park thread in the nostalgia section.
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meadowlands freehold
sportsmans maywood balmoral
indy downs hoosier
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Just Yonkers and Monticello so far. All as fans of the winning horses. Hoping to be in the winners circle for the first time as an owner this September at Running Aces with my first ever 2 year old!
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As an owner:
Meadowlands, Roosevelt, Yonkers, Freehold, Brandywine, Liberty Bell, Garden State, Buffalo, Batavia, Hinsdale, Green Mountain, Monticello. (the most were at the first 3).
Raced at (and won a few), but never was in the winners' circles: Pompano, Saratoga
Purse wise, better than being in the last 3. But tough to match Hinsdale for area beauty.
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Present as an owner at Monticello, Goshen, Meadowlands, Saratoga, Buffalo, Batavia, Syracuse. Traffic jams prevented an appearance for my lone win at Yonkers. And won, but not present, at Pocono and Winter training centers at Aiken and Hawkinsville Ga.
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Purse wise, better than being in the last 3. But tough to match Hinsdale for area beauty.
Yes, Hinsdale and Green Mountain were courtesy of a local trainer, Billy Silk, who was a "go -to" when we were bringing back horses from various physical ailments. He was extremely honest, diligent and likeable. Purses weren't they objective at those two, for sure, just the rehab miles.
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DuQuoin
Maywood
Hoosier
Red Mile
Lebanon
Dayton
Scioto
Nfld.
Delaware, Oh
Windsor
Meadows
Pocono
M[1]
Woodbine
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Maybe the three "visitor" tracks don't count. I was there on days there was no racing but I did go into the winners circle ;D
Good ole sportsmans park to this day would be the greatest harness track in the workd if they didnt knock it down and Gill having them mo dockin in the lane miss those summer nites you would have 20-30k on fri an sat nites and honestly the track was the best when it was a 5/8ths track before they turned it into 7/8ths
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Prairie meadows qcd Yonkers Monticello Freehold Meadowlands
Pompano Fairmont park running aces Arlington Washington park maywood sportsman's park Hawthorne the hop hazel park Indiana downs mvg scd Northfield the meadows chester the spa And Western fair
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Present as an owner at Monticello, Goshen, Meadowlands, Saratoga, Buffalo, Batavia, Syracuse. Traffic jams prevented an appearance for my lone win at Yonkers. And won, but not present, at Pocono and Winter training centers at Aiken and Hawkinsville Ga.
If coming to Aiken next year, feel welcome to look me up. It would be nice to share the matinee with a fellow NY owner.
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If you are serious about Tropical Park go to the Tropical Park thread in the nostalgia section.
I have was more curious about Gator Downs. Don't hear that track mentioned often. New Orleans are track if I am thinking of the same place.
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Had 1 baby that couldn’t even get to 245 in training. Also owned a well thought of Florida bred who was abused. You could jog and train her just fine, but if you had to qualify her she was petrified getting ready to race in the paddock.
I suppose this should be an entirely seperate topic but it struck a few nerves. A friend had a beautiful, sinfully fast filly who trained in 1:57 on a 5/8 at 2 back when 1:57 was like 1:52 now. But she was a total head case. Couldn't be rated. Complete runaway. Wouldn't go behind the gate, spooked by everything she saw and she saw everything. Never raced.
I had a big, good looking, clean gaited Egyptian Dancer colt who maxed out at 2:17 after training down like a nice one. Very disappointing.
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If coming to Aiken next year, feel welcome to look me up. It would be nice to share the matinee with a fellow NY owner.
Tx for the invite, but I am out of the business, so Aiken is a long shot. PM me if you wish, maybe we can share some stories.
Btw, at Aiken, before the likes of Roger Huston got involved, I called a 5 horse matinee on their big day. Probably mid-90’s. All 5 were from my trainer’s stable, so it was easy to know the names, and there wasn’t much movement. I was able to say “ they’re coming out of the far turn, you can throw a blanket over them”. LOL.