Harness Racing Is Dead

[MIKE CAMPBELL]

Aaron Merriman wins 9 at Northfield last night and there isn't even one sentence about it on the USTA site.

[HarnessFan1981]

https://ustrottingnews.com/nine-is-fine-for-merriman-at-mgm-northfield-park-on-wednesday/

[old guy]

It's become so boring watching him get the best horses to drive and then 90% of them go to the front and go around twice and he's a hero.

[bond]

It's become so boring watching him get the best horses to drive and then 90% of them go to the front and go around twice and he's a hero.

Same goes for Bartlett at Yonkers.

[HarnessFan1981]

Same goes for Bartlett at Yonkers.

Yup, 7 wins Tuesday night and 6 last night.

[LUCPARK]

USTA HAS AN EAST COAST BUAS

NOTHIN IN THE MIDWEST MATTERS TO THESE ASSHOLES

KISSING THE SAME OLD EAST COAST ASS MAKES THEM FEEL GREAT ABOUT THEMSELVES

[wiseowl]

How many great horses come from the mid west compared to east coast the better horses and tracks all ways get more write ups fair or not the way it is.

[MIKE CAMPBELL]

https://ustrottingnews.com/nine-is-fine-for-merriman-at-mgm-northfield-park-on-wednesday/

It's about time. The main advantage of a website over a newspaper is that you can post news close to real time. I guess the USTA or Northfield never got that message.

[mwins]

It was on Standardbred Canada.

[HarnessFan1981]

It was on Standardbred Canada.

Ya but only posted at December 14, 2023 10:08 am EST

[brownmoose13]

Merriman is king at Northfield but at either Scioto or Dayton he is average at best. Not sure who likes to drive 1/9 shots more Merriman or Amac

[Generation XYZ]

Mort!

[dinkadoo]

2.20
3.20
7.40
2.10
5.20
3.80
4.40
9.60
And  if you still had the will to watch, he won the last race -- 5 hours and 40 minutes after his first post time.
and Paid $3.00

[onabrake]

The racing side of Northfield must be losing some major amounts of cash racing 4-5 nights a week year round at 15 races per card and having a decent purse structure. Slot welfare at its finest when complete stiffs like Chris Lems and Kurt Sugg can easily do 2 million plus in purses year after year. Hell Lems was not even the leading driver at Vernon most years.

[MIKE CAMPBELL]

The racing side of Northfield must be losing some major amounts of cash racing 4-5 nights a week year round at 15 races per card and having a decent purse structure. Slot welfare at its finest when complete stiffs like Chris Lems and Kurt Sugg can easily do 2 million plus in purses year after year. Hell Lems was not even the leading driver at Vernon most years.

Very true about Lems at Vernon.