Valuable Resources Will Be Lost If Harness Racing Dies....

[Ignorance Is Bliss]

Trump is making major cuts.  That will hit the states hard. Where do you think the politicians will find the money.  Since you brought up dying, it appears you are already dead. You must not have much interest in harness racing.

Two months ago there was a four page article about this in the Sunday Times. Does anyone in this so called industry actually believe a horse racing friendly politician will risk their position over racing when the public loses because of it? One vote and it's over. These laws aren't in the Constitution, they can be changed as fast as they were passed.

[gh2009]

Again you offer no support for your statement -- NONE.

1) states have already made attempts to use the handouts for other purposes
2) harness racing has very little fan/customer support
3) Most of the general public barely know what harness racing is


It is people like you who will actually make the end come quicker. Until the industry realizes they are circling the drain, it will not evolve into something people will support.

I've been a fan of harness racing since the late 60's when people used to go to the track. I also mingled a little with T-breds too. As the older people have died off the interest in harness racing has too. In fact the average T-bred fan who goes to a harness track thinks drivers are called jockeys and the sulkies are called buggies. that's how little most people know about harness racing. Unless you grew up with it, you've probably never heard of it.

[Pacer 2]

Enough with the harness racing is dying. If it goes so will the throwawaybreds.  Both forms of racing have issues. Stop the bitching

       

[Ignorance Is Bliss]

I've been a fan of harness racing since the late 60's when people used to go to the track. I also mingled a little with T-breds too. As the older people have died off the interest in harness racing has too. In fact the average T-bred fan who goes to a harness track thinks drivers are called jockeys and the sulkies are called buggies. that's how little most people know about harness racing. Unless you grew up with it, you've probably never heard of it.

Walk down any street and ask people what the Kentucky Derby is. The majority will have some idea. Ask them what The Hambletonian is.....crickets. Harness Racing ranks up there with rotary phones and 8-track tapes. They all had their run and now obsolete. But harness racing refuses to try anything using technology to maybe make the sport more appealing to the youth. Good news is The Meadowlands is having chicken races. That'll work! 

[Pacer 2]

Walk down any street and ask people what the Kentucky Derby is. The majority will have some idea. Ask them what The Hambletonian is.....crickets. Harness Racing ranks up there with rotary phones and 8-track tapes. They all had their run and now obsolete. But harness racing refuses to try anything using technology to maybe make the sport more appealing to the youth. Good news is The Meadowlands is having chicken races. That'll work! 

  Who hurt you?

[gh2009]

Walk down any street and ask people what the Kentucky Derby is. The majority will have some idea. Ask them what The Hambletonian is.....crickets. Harness Racing ranks up there with rotary phones and 8-track tapes. They all had their run and now obsolete. But harness racing refuses to try anything using technology to maybe make the sport more appealing to the youth. Good news is The Meadowlands is having chicken races. That'll work! 

It's past the stage where you can attract younger people. They're more interested in playing games on their phones and fantasy sports. If you gave a younger person a harness program to read, they wouldn't have a clue what they're looking out and would throw it away. Something needed to be done in both breeds to attract younger fans long ago as the older people were dying off and not being replaced.

[kantseeback]

Are you trying to say that thorobreds, show horses, and various other hoofed animals don't go poo poo?

[Ignorance Is Bliss]

Are you trying to say that thorobreds, show horses, and various other hoofed animals don't go poo poo?

How many of them go to poo poo after being lunged with a tube or some shit injected in their vein that dropped them? Your industry as you call it is a fucking joke.

[kantseeback]

How many of them go to poo poo after being lunged with a tube or some shit injected in their vein that dropped them? Your industry as you call it is a fucking joke.

Well, there's always the circus elephants then, they take a mighty dump.

[Brown jug]

 we all pay taxes, ( well those of us that are working), those taxes are supposed to go to build roads, bridges and schools etc
the government has sent hundreds of millions of dollars to third world shit holes and the ukraine, maybe that's why they need money
use the taxes you collect properly and you wont have an issue
but somehow racing is to pay the price for this other nonsense that has gone on

[Kole Hanover]

 Lonely ol' shopping cart boy shows how much of a pathetic loser he is. If it stops- it stops. You have nothing to do with harness racing, why put in the time?

 Oh yes, you were/are the laughing stock running around welfare apartments.
 They said you were the quickest move out ever, you never really had anything at all, kick in the arse and get out

[Ignorance Is Bliss]

And another one gone and another one gone...

[GETSOME]

Explain what the industry looks like when the states have a budget crisis and have a choice between raising taxes or diverting the handouts to racing.

https://media1.tenor.com/m/x4_pBdCKO8EAAAAC/head-in-the-sand.gif

Be sure to hide the budgets from smart dudes like DON DRUMMOND - take Ontario's advice on that front.

[Pacer 2]

How many of them go to poo poo after being lunged with a tube or some shit injected in their vein that dropped them? Your industry as you call it is a fucking joke.

 

Who hurt you?

[mwins]

"Nobody goes to the track like they did 35 years ago." Guess you haven't heard of the Internet and simulcasting.

"We can spend the tax money ey from casinos on education." You realize most of these casinos are around because tracks allow themon their property.