Meadowlands?????

[onthefront]

To be allowed to race at the Meadowlands? Is there any politics involved?

[Bernie Madoff]

Good god y'all. They have $7500 claiming races. ANYBODY can race there.

[MR.DALRAE]

The meds is a joke,,,,,thx Jeff

[MOHAWK FREAK]

Back in the day a big yes. Today?? “Come on in, we are open. Leave the syringes at home”.

[wizardofoz]

Total Friday Handle: $3,665,717.35.......tonight's Yonkers did around $580,000.

[Locked in with pace]

The only had 3 races with full field of 10, and the class of horses racing was very low. Purses were thus low. They still did near $3.7 Million. If they are so concerned about the bottom line, this is the business model you'll probably see going forward. What a shame to what they used to be.

[The Exporter]

I would think a more inclusive statement would be; "what a shame to what the industry used to be."

[Locked in with pace]

This issue is not everywhere. You have some states states that are doing well,  Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Mass, Kentucky, and Minnesota to name some. Strong purses , improved sire stakes program, and an improved horse population.

[The Exporter]

Doing well? With who's money? What is the standard for success in harness racing? What track has the greatest state subsidies?

[Superfecta]

Doing well? With who's money? What is the standard for success in harness racing? What track has the greatest state subsidies?

The standard for success is keeping those slots spinning. 

[wizardofoz]

Total Saturday Handle: $3,568,976.98.  They did over $7.2 million in 2 nights.

[MR.DALRAE]

That’s pocono handle for a month

[dinkadoo]

Good god y'all. They have $7500 claiming races. ANYBODY can race there.

Jeff figuring out that you can run amateurs and rats around the track and people will still bet $3 million plus on the weekends.

[rainman2]

Good god y'all. They have $7500 claiming races. ANYBODY can race there.

You better have fast horses to race there no matter what class you race in!!!

[stanetelman]

Jeff figuring out that you can run amateurs and rats around the track and people will still bet $3 million plus on the weekends.

Why bother running stakes races when the handle is this good with cheap horses?