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rainman2

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Re: I used to go to the harness tracks 5x a week and bet pretty good
« Reply #15 on: July 07, 2026, 06:55:41 PM »
No Roosevelt, Freehold, Liberty Bell, but

kentucky Racing????


Gimme a break....

Have u seen these drivers at these kentucky Tracks???

No wonder no one goes to the harness tracks anymore

If there are no stakes races, these drivers compare to quite a few drivers at the c/d racetracks in North America today!

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Re: I used to go to the harness tracks 5x a week and bet pretty good
« Reply #16 on: July 08, 2026, 05:42:35 PM »
Michigan 1992.             12 Tracks


Michigan 2026                0 Tracks



Yikes

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Re: I used to go to the harness tracks 5x a week and bet pretty good
« Reply #17 on: July 08, 2026, 06:54:57 PM »
Michigan 1992.             12 Tracks


Michigan 2026                0 Tracks



Yikes
New England lost Rockihgham, Foxboro, Suffolk Downs, Green Mountain, Lewiston, Scarborough Downs, Hinsdale, and a few more i'm sure I left out.

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Re: I used to go to the harness tracks 5x a week and bet pretty good
« Reply #18 on: July 08, 2026, 07:01:00 PM »
Brandywine, Liberty Bell, and Garden State was my circuit, had very good racing at one time, all long gone.

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Re: I used to go to the harness tracks 5x a week and bet pretty good
« Reply #19 on: July 08, 2026, 07:10:08 PM »
New England lost Rockihgham, Foxboro, Suffolk Downs, Green Mountain, Lewiston, Scarborough Downs, Hinsdale, and a few more i'm sure I left out.
i been to foxboro and green mountain. drove right by hinsdale but was in a hurry to get home

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Re: I used to go to the harness tracks 5x a week and bet pretty good
« Reply #20 on: July 08, 2026, 07:15:22 PM »
  Hinsdale was fun until the brothers that owned it wouldn't or couldn't pay the simulcast settlement sheets.

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Re: I used to go to the harness tracks 5x a week and bet pretty good
« Reply #21 on: July 08, 2026, 07:21:03 PM »
New England lost Rockihgham, Foxboro, Suffolk Downs, Green Mountain, Lewiston, Scarborough Downs, Hinsdale, and a few more i'm sure I left out.
plus Lincoln Downs,primarily a tbred track, also it had a brief harness meet, and later the dogs. Plus Narragansett, strictly for the tbreds. A host of dog tracks, too, like Seabrook, Belmont ( a dog track in NH), Wonderland, Raynham, Plainfield. Been to all mentioned by Dougie and by me, except Wonderland and Belmont.. Total prob nearing 120 across US and Canada, probably half are long gone.

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Re: I used to go to the harness tracks 5x a week and bet pretty good
« Reply #22 on: July 08, 2026, 07:30:18 PM »
plus Lincoln Downs,primarily a tbred track, also it had a brief harness meet, and later the dogs. Plus Narragansett, strictly for the tbreds. A host of dog tracks, too, like Seabrook, Belmont ( a dog track in NH), Wonderland, Raynham, Plainfield. Been to all mentioned by Dougie and by me, except Wonderland and Belmont.. Total prob nearing 120 across US and Canada, probably half are long gone.
Kind of sad isn't it. The only ones I was never at  Belmont and Lincoln Downs. Today, the old Seabrook dog track is now the "Brook Casino". One of the places I play poker at.

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Re: I used to go to the harness tracks 5x a week and bet pretty good
« Reply #23 on: July 08, 2026, 09:31:32 PM »
I'm not sure there were ever 12 pari mutual tracks in Michigan? Are you talking TBred and harness? By the way there are several fair harness tracks still going today.

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Re: I used to go to the harness tracks 5x a week and bet pretty good
« Reply #24 on: July 09, 2026, 09:33:06 AM »
I'm not sure there were ever 12 pari mutual tracks in Michigan? Are you talking TBred and harness? By the way there are several fair harness tracks still going today.
Didn’t they race t-breads/quarterhorses at hazel park too??

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Re: I used to go to the harness tracks 5x a week and bet pretty good
« Reply #25 on: July 09, 2026, 09:36:20 AM »
i been to foxboro and green mountain. drove right by hinsdale but was in a hurry to get home
I used to love going to Foxboro. John Hogan was "the man" there! LOL! My brother lives in Brockton, MA so it was a pretty quick ride there.

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Re: I used to go to the harness tracks 5x a week and bet pretty good
« Reply #26 on: July 09, 2026, 09:39:18 AM »
Better drivers in Maine right now compared to Kentucky (non stakes race drivers).

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Re: I used to go to the harness tracks 5x a week and bet pretty good
« Reply #27 on: July 09, 2026, 09:55:33 AM »
I used to love going to Foxboro. John Hogan was "the man" there! LOL! My brother lives in Brockton, MA so it was a pretty quick ride there.
when i went to foxboro it was night,, dark driving back into boston. no gps back then. ended up in roxbury [the harlem of nyc]. was happy getting back on track [pun] into fenway square. heyy was young once. loved every minute of it !!

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Re: I used to go to the harness tracks 5x a week and bet pretty good
« Reply #28 on: July 09, 2026, 10:26:13 AM »
Didn’t they race t-breads/quarterhorses at hazel park too??
Def raced tbreds, unsure about the quarters

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Re: I used to go to the harness tracks 5x a week and bet pretty good
« Reply #29 on: July 09, 2026, 10:28:19 AM »
I used to love going to Foxboro. John Hogan was "the man" there! LOL! My brother lives in Brockton, MA so it was a pretty quick ride there.
Never saw Foxboro as a hmt, only when made it a 5/8 but kept the tight hmt turns. Quite a long stretch. Shame how they let the grandstand run down in its final stages, much like Roosevelt Raceway.

 

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