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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: captaintreacherous on July 14, 2026, 07:42:48 AM
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I have noticed that there are 2 or 3 "Expert" posters
that seem to be very knowledgable or at least say they are...all Midwest "Provincial" players...
as they held the Chicago tracks in high esteem
while the East Coast tracks are "poorly run" and
should be closed.
While one poster mentions the horses he or she owns. the long posting trio seem to have a superb
perception of how "not to run a track" e.g.
The Meadowlands...man y would say that this begs the
question of why there is no racing left in Illinois?
I myself used to love the old Balmoral ..and Sportsman's
Park was excellent.
One would think that if Midwest Racing was so
wonderful where are Michigan and Illinois
in terms of the USTA list of Harness Tracks?
Answer: there are none.
Guess it must have been the Christian Track
operators...or were they "Hebrew Track Management"
that ruined the racing?
I am thinking that Yonkers , Monticello, Saratoga,Batavia,
Buffalo, and Tioga seem to be still there...
as well as The Meadowlands thanks to Jeff Gural.
while Balmoral, Maywood, Sportsman's and others
in Illinois have gone the way of the Dodo bird...
Where were you?
Many feel that the expert posters on here who donot agree
with Track Management..wheth er "Hebrew" or "Christian"..
or "Athiest"...or any specific track...
step up to the plate and buy these tracks out...
Put up $60,000,000 to $75,000,000+ of their own cash
and set forth to do a better job...as you are Track Management
Experts.
Needless to say, You will be working 10 hour days
and 60 hour+ weeks...so don't get comfortable.
What's that?
You are short on cash...and time?
So maybe its time to sit back and let the real players
in the Industry run the show.
If you have any serious comments with regard to improving
The Meadowlands...giv e Jeff Gural a call..
chances are he will actually return your call.
It is real easy to complain and slander anonymously
from a keyboard .
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Are you affiliated with the BigM and or Jeff Gural, it very much seems that way. Your $100k or his to buy this site?
To answer your question...
"Illinois harness racing effectively collapsed because its tracks were historically denied permission to operate slot machines ("racinos") to subsidize prize purses. This triggered a talent and investment exodus to neighboring states. By contrast, New York and New Jersey heavily protected and funded their industries."
"Illinois: Tracks like Hawthorne Race Course (Besides Two Toes BS and mismanagement ngc3) and the now-defunct Maywood Park and Balmoral Park were not permitted to add lucrative casino games until 2019. The prolonged delays in financing these casinos, mounting track debt, and bounced prize checks to horsemen resulted in the Illinois Racing Board suspending Hawthorne's harness license, threatening the sport's survival."
Using "a success ngc3" as an example...
"New York: The state supports its harness racing industry by routing massive tax revenues from commercial casinos and "racinos" (like those at Yonkers Raceway and Saratoga Casino Hotel) directly into purse accounts."
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The asshole named Lucpark identifies M1 as the Hebrew owned track. Of course the midget doesn't realize that the track he races his horses at did less business with a card of Breeders Crown races than the Hebrew owned track did with a card of amateur races. ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3