Author Topic: What's going on at Monticello?  (Read 8668 times)

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Cobalt Kenny

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Re: What's going on at Monticello?
« Reply #30 on: March 14, 2025, 12:25:07 PM »
This was a huge financial burden to the horsemen. Curious if they bump purses to make up for the purse money they didn't spend.
Thats a million to one shot

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Re: What's going on at Monticello?
« Reply #31 on: March 14, 2025, 02:29:18 PM »
Years ago, they had an opportunity to put hot water pipes under the track surface and they passed.

That costs money. They won’t spend anything on that place. When they got their first slot machine, the barns that you could see from 17B were painted in the front. The back and all of the others didn’t get anything.

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Re: What's going on at Monticello?
« Reply #32 on: March 14, 2025, 02:40:07 PM »
That costs money. They won’t spend anything on that place. When they got their first slot machine, the barns that you could see from 17B were painted in the front. The back and all of the others didn’t get anything.
Between the lost revenue and man power expense to keep the track race worthy in the winter, the pipes would have paid for themselves. Leon Greenberg said no and so Monticello continued to close every Labor Day and didn't open until the spring. Syracuse had the hot water pipes under their mile track and it worked well.

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Re: What's going on at Monticello?
« Reply #33 on: March 14, 2025, 03:01:05 PM »
They will race again (one day)

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Re: What's going on at Monticello?
« Reply #34 on: March 24, 2025, 09:33:17 AM »
Racing today!

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Re: What's going on at Monticello?
« Reply #35 on: March 24, 2025, 12:18:52 PM »
Looks like they are going some extra distance as the pylons are moved pretty far out. 

 

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