Jackson Raceway Finale

[Overcheck]

Guess it was just a matter of time before the bulldozers rolled in.  Long live the memories.

http://www.wkhm.com/2018/03/06/harness-racing-at-the-fairgrounds-one-last-time/

[oh canada]

Very sad that its over, from talking to people it was quite the place for harness back in the day....big crowds and competitive racing....cool for freaks like me who like that scene Might make the trip out that way July 8th just to cross it off my bucket list.....Always felt upset I missed out on taking in a live card at Atlantic city course.

[At the Eighth Pole]

http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2018/03/event_to_bid_final_farewell_to.html

Burke and some others could sponsor this and make it a big deal. It would nice.

[American Sniper]

http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2018/03/event_to_bid_final_farewell_to.html

Burke and some others could sponsor this and make it a big deal. It would nice.

thanks good read

[Rabbi Of Racing]

They should have asked Darrell about his brother Jim who drove and raced horses in Michigan for decades,Jim fixed literally thousands of races with Joe Berry and the late Al Mugsy,Jim is just a small part of the reason that Michigan racing failed,funny how people that write these articles have no clue about the real truth.Claudia by the way is a wonderful ,honest,and hard working woman

[Rabbi Of Racing]

My dad took me to Northville when i was 12 in 1973,ironically that was the year that Michigan had the highest handle,every year since then the handle has declined.The first casino in Detroit opened in 1999,26 years after the handle started to decline in Michigan.So many blame the casino for the demise of racing here in Michigan,yet racing was done 25 years or so before a casino ever opened in the area.It makes me sick that scum like Jim Wright and a list as long as you can imagine,fixed races and are just left off the hook because people think the casinos ruined racing when in fact it was the race fixers who nobody did a damn thing about that ruined the industry.That is my rant of the day

[Overcheck]

Spent alot of time at action Jackson in the early 90's.  Always a couple old railbirds hanging around, one with binoculars and a cigar always standing on the downstairs steps.  Cold beer on a Sunday afternoon.  A stop at the old Trackside Bar on Blackstone before or after the races.  Pauly's sports bar on the weekends.  Always trying to find a good odds horse as the Buters and Darrell Wright were always overbet.  Jeff James came in once in a while for some of the higher purses.  Couple road trips to Northville and Hazel but couldn't beat a nice evening at Jackson. 

[Bushwacker]

will there be betting ? dollar dogs and beer on a nice Sunday afternoon..

[Brett Oil Can Boyd]

will there be betting ? dollar dogs and beer on a nice Sunday afternoon..

YOU'RE THE MHHA BOARD MEMBER AND YOU ARE ASKING US?  YOU SHOULD BE THE ONE PROVIDING THE INFORMATION, NOT ASKING THE PUBLIC.  NO WONDER RACING IN THIS STATE IS SO FUCKED UP.  RETARDS ON THE MHHA .  GO DO SOMETHING FOR THE GOOD OF HORSEMEN FOR A CHANGE

[Refusedtopace]

Who’s the chick in the white coat?

[Bushwacker]

this has nothing to do with mhha, this is put on by Jackson Raceway, they are putting up the money, it's not coming from the purse pool or deptment of Ag

[Bushwacker]

and after reading the article I see NO GAMBLING...

[tracks]

It will be nice to here the words " And Here They Come" one more time. I understand many people
could give a shit less ,but the B track was very special place to spend weekend evenings. To me
it was the best track in Michigan, a small hometown track that was easy to get to. The Detroit
tracks were cold institutional looking  facilities, they didn't have a comfortable setting. If you
went to Jackson much , you pretty much knew all the regulars, or always recognized most
people. But ! like all good things they have to eventually come to an end. It a damn shame
as far as I am concerned, but that's the way things go.

[tracks]

They should have asked Darrell about his brother Jim who drove and raced horses in Michigan for decades,Jim fixed literally thousands of races with Joe Berry and the late Al Mugsy,Jim is just a small part of the reason that Michigan racing failed,funny how people that write these articles have no clue about the real truth.Claudia by the way is a wonderful ,honest,and hard working woman

I totally understand , Jim drove my horse at Saginaw and a couple of times at Jackson when Chuck Taylor
was out of town. Jim always gave me honest drives.

[Miles Long]

Here the real drivers were not allowed of jail today..Thanks "Oil Can Boyd"