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Harness Racing / Re: WITH NO CASINO IN THE NEAR FUTURE-HOW LONG WILL MEADOWLANDS BE AROUND
« Last post by Pacer 2 on Today at 08:41:27 AM »It will be around forever. Still a Mecca
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Harness Racing / Re: WITH NO CASINO IN THE NEAR FUTURE-HOW LONG WILL MEADOWLANDS BE AROUND« Last post by Pacer 2 on Today at 08:41:27 AM »It will be around forever. Still a Mecca
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Harness Racing / Re: WITH NO CASINO IN THE NEAR FUTURE-HOW LONG WILL MEADOWLANDS BE AROUND« Last post by toothman on Today at 08:39:53 AM »I have predicted for a long time it will be around with low-class horses. I feel Gural will never shut it down. He's too involved in the sport, and there are many jobs involved. Jobs with people who have worked for him for a long time. Sure, he can make threats that he will shut down, but that was a negotiating tool to hopefully get a casino. Is racing cheaper horses at M1 better than no racing at all? I believe so. I don't think you want to kiss Jersey racing goodbye. 23
Harness Racing / Re: When is enough enough, Ford must resign« Last post by Pacer 2 on Today at 08:39:48 AM »President Ford must resign?
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Harness Racing / Re: Just who is KIRBY'S ACE..... SEEMS to have multiple personalities« Last post by Dingus on Today at 07:21:46 AM »Way to go.....Plopsters can post whatever they want anytime they want. The admins don't seem care what people post. You can put anyone you want on "ignore" whenever you want too! I have a few on "ignore" as i'm sure many of my fellow plopsters do also. So read the topics that you find interesting. And ignore the rest. Except many of the topics I find interesting often get commandeered by those looking to retaliate for the slightest “infraction”. 25
Harness Racing / Re: Ford must resign« Last post by andrew on Today at 07:20:30 AM »dayy 377
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Harness Racing / WITH NO CASINO IN THE NEAR FUTURE-HOW LONG WILL MEADOWLANDS BE AROUND« Last post by BrokenHeadPole on Today at 06:50:06 AM » I have predicted for a long time it will be around with low-class horses. I feel Gural will never shut it down. He's too involved in the sport, and there are many jobs involved. Jobs with people who have worked for him for a long time. Sure, he can make threats that he will shut down, but that was a negotiating tool to hopefully get a casino.
I don't think he wants to be known as the person who shut down the Meadowlands. If he has to, he can run it with mostly the same Freehold-type purses. But not with the inflated purses for these same lower conditions now. These owners and trainers will still race there, for they raced for those lower purses for years at Freehold. Others will race there too for the thrill of saying they raced at the Big M Your thoughts? 28
Harness Racing / Re: More evidence of thriving« Last post by Racetime on Today at 06:23:56 AM »Yes, the better the casino does the more purse money for racing. Online wagering doesn't even cover the cost of racing at most tracks.
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Harness Racing / Re: Just who is KIRBY'S ACE..... SEEMS to have multiple personalities« Last post by Mohawk mac on Today at 04:06:28 AM »Plop has evolved over the years. I was strictly a nameless lurker for a long time. Only posted on Barn to Wire. Got involved here after BTW folded (RIP Jeanine) because some asshole started posting here under my BTW moniker. I bitched and the powers that be (Nance?) killed the name. Posted here as Mr Ontario for awhile becase I exclusively bet Woodbine and Mohawk when Illinois racing turned to shit. Then one day the name stopped working for reasons unknown. I wasn't banded or anything. Moderators couldn't fix the issue so I became Mohawk mac simply because I'm a huge James MacDonald fanboy.
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Harness Racing / Re: Miami Valley vs Columbus« Last post by rainman2 on Today at 12:48:53 AM »https://www.ohiolottery.com/about/about-the-ohio-lottery/financial/vlt-revenue. Miami valley races less days and does way more slot revenue plus only 14 races a night where scioto downs will go with 16 races a night. The more you slice a pie the smaller the pieces get. And you're probably better off racing at Dayton than Scioto. You get to race for more money and Scioto is a speedway. Smart owners would have a fresh horse for Dayton and let the Scioto horses be more rundown. |
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