The Hambo must be run during daylight hours.

 

If it is smart for Meadowlands to race on Friday and Saturday NIGHTS  because of more viewers, then why was and has been the Hambo card in the afternoon?
Handle doesn't mean as much as ya think when almost half of it is CAW.
It wouldn't matter what time Yonkers raced
Its a corrupt cesspool with a shitty racing product

Very good question.

Answer in short according to all the involved powers to be...

"Contract Rule: The agreement between event organizers (Hambletonian Society) and host tracks explicitly specifies a daylight start. National Television: An afternoon slot fits prime national sports windows on networks like Fox Sports, maximizing reach.Tradition and Atmosphere: Day racing sets a festive gala environment with trackside activities, hat contests, and family events rather than a routine night program.Global Wagering: Afternoon pacing aligns better with international broadcast and commingled wagering schedules, particularly for European fans following the sport."

Who cares what they handle??? That’s asinine comment. Meadowlands operates without a Casino—yet still outhandles 3 tracks  combined totals and they HAVE a Casino. True the quality of horses has declined—but that’s across the board. Gamblers like the Big M-as long as fields are competitive-it makes for a acceptable wagering product. I see Tbreds all the time—cheap claimers outhandle the better class horses at other tracks .Yonkers could take a note about racing on Saturday afternoon instead of at night—very poor decision. They lose overseas viewers and have to compete with more racing all over the country on a Saturday after noon. That’s why Meadowlands is smart racing on Friday and Saturday nights—gets the most viewers.

I forgot how smart you are.  That handle you speak of is from a very minor percentage of bettors.  CAW's inflate it significantly!  The average bettor such as myself, and most likely everyone else on this board are getting screwed with the late odds shifts.  All the late bets getting jammed through at the last second has made the BigM a bad play for the average guy.  Harness in general offers the bettors an inferior product.  I usually only play harness anymore on stakes cards.

Short answer...No

Who cares what they handle??? That’s asinine comment. Meadowlands operates without a Casino—yet still outhandles 3 tracks  combined totals and they HAVE a Casino. True the quality of horses has declined—but that’s across the board. Gamblers like the Big M-as long as fields are competitive-it makes for a acceptable wagering product. I see Tbreds all the time—cheap claimers outhandle the better class horses at other tracks .Yonkers could take a note about racing on Saturday afternoon instead of at night—very poor decision. They lose overseas viewers and have to compete with more racing all over the country on a Saturday after noon. That’s why Meadowlands is smart racing on Friday and Saturday nights—gets the most viewers.

Harness racing completely failed for the gambler that organically sustained it.

Even winter racing in favorable climates, finished.

HR makes the point to the racing executives...I'm not quitting, and next year I commit...those are huge words.

Unfortunately the grass is not greener.

The drugs and corruption have to stop, regulatory ain't doing their job anytime soon, I wouldn't stand in the way of vigilante justice for those that INSIDE TRADE & MANIPULATE, corrupt our market, would you?

If Gural gets his casino and decoupling happens in NY, PA, Ohio, the industry is being called like a freshly deceased corpse.

T-bred is next to head the way of the harness racing dodo bird.  Strung together globally cohesively but the shit show will rear its head at some point if the bs doesn't stop. 

Evolution