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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: Pacer 2 on June 05, 2026, 04:56:26 PM
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Northfield, OH – Forty years of history. A quarter of a million dollars. A field overflowing with champions.
On Saturday night (June 6), Northfield Park Racino will host the 40th edition of the Battle of Lake Erie (Grade 2), and for the first time in the race’s storied history, the purse will stand at a record $250,000. The milestone renewal has attracted one of the deepest and most accomplished fields ever assembled for Northeast Ohio’s signature pacing event.
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The more money bet at the Casino's the more money goes into the purse account for the track
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The more money bet at the Casino's the more money goes into the purse account for the track
Not quite true. Generally speaking, the horsemen only get that through slots/VLT’s. The house gets the $$ from table games, etc.
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Northfield, OH – Forty years of history. A quarter of a million dollars. A field overflowing with champions.
On Saturday night (June 6), Northfield Park Racino will host the 40th edition of the Battle of Lake Erie (Grade 2), and for the first time in the race’s storied history, the purse will stand at a record $250,000. The milestone renewal has attracted one of the deepest and most accomplished fields ever assembled for Northeast Ohio’s signature pacing event.
harness racing is flourishing! There's so much money to be made if you put your horse in the right classes.
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harness racing is flourishing! There's so much money to be made if you put your horse in the right classes.
So much money from government handouts. That is not the definition of "flourishing".
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harness racing is flourishing! There's so much money to be made if you put your horse in the right classes.
No doubt! tmbz1 tmbz1
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So much money from government handouts. That is not the definition of "flourishing".
Who cares where the money comes from? I dont! ngc3
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agreed
i just cash the cheques
i dont really ask where the money came from
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agreed
i just cash the cheques
i dont really ask where the money came from
So if i fuck your mother for $50, and she gives you $50, your good with that. Good to know.
Sincerely, Silent One
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So if i fuck your mother for $50, and she gives you $50, your good with that. Good to know.
Sincerely, Silent One
I think that's a pimp / ho mom labor violation ngc3
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Not quite true. Generally speaking, the horsemen only get that through slots/VLT’s. The house gets the $$ from table games, etc.
In Indiana, racing receives money from slots and table games. Not from sports wagering, which is unfortunately growing like wildfire.
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Who cares where the money comes from? I dont! ngc3
What happens when the handouts are shut off? There is no business case for harness racing to exist. I does not have a customer base which can support it. Harness racing is like the startups that get loads of funding for a product that has no actual marker value. They eventually go out of business.
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agreed
i just cash the cheques
i dont really ask where the money came from
No view of the future? No view that the industry is unable to support itself? That logic is why harness racing only exists at the whim of politicians. That logic will cause the end of the sport.
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In Indiana, racing receives money from slots and table games. Not from sports wagering, which is unfortunately growing like wildfire.
Why should it get any of the money? It is a government handout...period.
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Who cares where the money comes from? I dont! ngc3
agreed
i just cash the cheques
i dont really ask where the money came from
It is posts like this which make me even more motivated to continue to push elected representatives to eliminate the handouts to racing. I would prefer to money go to fix roads, bridges, or schools that to people like you.
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It is posts like this which make me even more motivated to continue to push elected representatives to eliminate the handouts to racing. I would prefer to money go to fix roads, bridges, or schools that to people like you.
I can't blame them Kenny they're weak and old and have failed and resigned themselves to take the easy, crooked road so they can eat.
You fight the good fight.
We're with you too.
More and more time will allow and we'll create a big magnifying glass, spotlight this and rid ourselves of greed empty suit politician frauds and make their constituents either change or replace them and follow the corruption trail reporting in real time.
We need to get the media involved so they can all be observed and shamed simultaneously!
Fight brother and we'll cause some of the cheats and abusers pain and sleepless nights - until all of them - FIGHT! ;D
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Do ya guys think Rat Mikey cares where his welfare checks come from? ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3
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Not caring that the money doesn't come from your own industry is a very popular take in harness racing.
That is the attitude that will eventually lead to the failure
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fellas
in the past i have cared a lot , likely too much , tried to help save and resurrect a sport that either doesn't want to be saved or cant get out of its own way
so i downsized and now just go with the flow and enjoy myself
if it ended tomorrow well so be it
for the last 20 years people have predicted the demise of harness racing and yet here it is
as i have said before i wish wagering was much stronger but the industry cannot figure that out
and of course i wish the playing field was level and fair for everyone racing but we know its not
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fellas
in the past i have cared a lot , likely too much , tried to help save and resurrect a sport that either doesn't want to be saved or cant get out of its own way
so i downsized and now just go with the flow and enjoy myself
if it ended tomorrow well so be it
for the last 20 years people have predicted the demise of harness racing and yet here it is
as i have said before i wish wagering was much stronger but the industry cannot figure that out
and of course i wish the playing field was level and fair for everyone racing but we know its not
A sentiment shared by many I suspect. It's just so sad and frustrating that with all the people in the game we couldn't figure out how to survive and change with the times. I'm with you, whatever I have left will race and no more and my handle is a pittance to what it was.