Hambletonian

[JT]

https://x.com/i/status/2088052669612990895

Telling comments from one of the leading trainers in the sport

That is pretty damning coming from Nancy..
She sounds pissed.
The only thing that would really come close to this is if the LBJ ever left Delaware.

[Racetime]

Probably move the Peter Haughton and Jim Doherty to the card ?

[Laag]

So Apex has only raced at the Big M this year

Many trainers use the Big M as the place to get their horse ready

Moving it to Indiana??? Are they having prep races there.

[gurals casino]

So Apex has only raced at the Big M this year

Many trainers use the Big M as the place to get their horse ready

Moving it to Indiana??? Are they having prep races there.

the Emily Gaskin is 2 weeks before The Hambletonian

[Call Sign Merlin]

The racing product between Hoosier and the Big M is just not comparable.  Two wide flow is weak to non-existent and the racing is just dull.  It’s a pacing track and I think this is a pretty shitty day for the Hambletonian and sport in general.  I say that as a guy from the Midwest

[Harness Haze]

Sources indicating Gural will announce a $5 million Meadowlands Trot to compete directly with Hambo

[old guy]

Sources indicating Gural will announce a $5 million Meadowlands Trot to compete directly with Hambo

Let’s hope.

[Bitter Truth]

If true, that will show how much he 'CARES' about the sport. No one to blame but himself.

[AgentQ]

Let’s hope.

Gural is in it for the casino, plain and simple. He could give a shit about the hambo, probably just never thought they do it to him as he's been harping what a martyr he's been for NJ. Insufferable blow hard who always has his best interest at heart before the sport or the horsemen. Good for Indiana

[The Unstable]

Can someone tell me who is paying the purse for this.  Indiana?  Where are the purses coming from, the general purse fund? The overnight purses there aren't great to begin with.

[gurals casino]

Can someone tell me who is paying the purse for this.  Indiana?  Where are the purses coming from, the general purse fund? The overnight purses there aren't great to begin with.

my guess is Caesars is sponsoring/paying for a lot of it

[silent one]

  Not to worry, harness racing fans. Jeff Gural already has a back up plan. Starting 2027, the Meadowlands will stand host for the inaugural Amateurtonian.

        Sincerely, Silent One

[TimTimTimbo]

Maybe Nancy and her dad can get "THE MESSIAH" to intervene, and have him Build a casino at The Meadowlands. He owned a casino before, OH Wait.... it went bankrupt.



But seriously, that is a shame.  IMO regular racing has gone downhill with many a night with average to awful fields. The people deserve a better product than that.

There is nothing like Hambo Day IMO and now it's gone.

Who determines the total purse because it used to be 1.5 mil right.  Does The Hambo Society have a set amount and Gural can raise it, or could have raised it in past years.

[Ignorance Is Bliss]

[ECU Pirate]

As a New Jersian and long time Meadowlands patron and horse owner, this just sucks.  I live in South Jersey now so I haven't been to live racing in a long time but this might be the final nail in the coffin for M1.  I remember 6 days a week racing where I couldn't wait to get the Star Ledger in the morning to see the fields and predictions and circle my choices in the early '90's.  There was no better fun time than going to Hambo Day in the '90's.