REAL REASON WHY THE HAMBO IN INDY IS A TERRIBLE IDEA

[Laag]

Hoosier could create their own prep races. Whether it's a good idea or not doesn't matter, it's a done deal!

really? with what money...if horses are stabled in NJ and PA you think they are shipping them for a month or more to Indiana

[Bitter Truth]

How about some $$ from the place they got the $$ to secure the Hambo. A distance to travel. Tough break.
Fuck Mark Ford, Fuck Jeff Gural, Fuck NJ. and Fuck you + your precious handle.

[captaintreacherous]

Racing at Hoosier Park...

just doesnt have that spark....

It's Hicksville

Meadowlands way way better

[Laag]

the only positive of the switch is that Hollywood Heyden will once again rightfully be center stage doing interviews during the Hambo

[JT]

Racing at Hoosier Park...

just doesnt have that spark....

It's Hicksville

Meadowlands way way better

Some not all.. some of the east coasters on here make me want to puke
Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.. us Midwesterners are all hicks, rednecks, hillbillies and white trash in your eyes
We are just flyover country. Meaningless..a spec on the map.
Quit acting so entitled. Its nauseating.
Yeah Meadowlands used to be better
Its not the 1990's anymore
Gural had his chance and blew it
Get over it!!

[Bitter Truth]

Big Ranger didn't 'PREP' at THe M[1]. Hadn't raced on a mile but gee, he seemed to do pretty well.

[Laag]

gee one outlier out of 10 and they couldnt even trust the folksy trainer

[Call Sign Merlin]

They race a boring style because the stretch is so long.  Two wide flow is slow to develop.  They gap horribly.  The track is made for pacers not trotters.  Track has a major local bias.  The announcers voice is annoying. 

[rainman2]

handle,location are going to be issues,but the real problem is all the trotters who will be competing for the hambo will be racing half way across the country. 98% of hambo hopefuls are raised and raced on the east coast. most stables who compete in hambo dont stable anywhere near indy. how soon does melander,ake,toscano,pelling etc bitch about this.

Didn't people trek to Pompano Park {RIP} for breeders crown and the matron years ago?

[toothman]

the only positive of the switch is that Hollywood Heyden will once again rightfully be center stage doing interviews during the Hambo

Thats a really good point. I don't have this hardon for Jeff Gural like many othere, but he kicked Holly to the curb.
He deserved better.

[Lockedin with Pace]

Gural employs nothing but "yes men" starting with his lapdog CEO, Jason Chapstick Settlemoir.

[JT]

Gural employs nothing but "yes men" starting with his lapdog CEO, Jason Chapstick Settlemoir.

Settlemoir has kissed Roger Huston's ass for years at the LBJ
I've seen it firsthand and not just over the pa system
That's how he got the announcer gig there. It was Sam McKee RIP
Then it was Steve Cross..who isn't awful but he didn't pucker up enough I suppose

[Kenny]

Bitch all they want. Signed and sealed for 3 years. Dry those tears. It will forgotten just like Freehold.

Very symbolic how harness racing is being "forgotten" by more and more people.

[Kenny]

OMG.... how do you think they raced at DuQuoin for 25 years   

They raced heats back then as well. The horse of the year last year left Mohawk one time and that was an hour away.

[Kenny]

this decision is not a democracy

JG would only commit for 2027 and The "Society" wanted more than a year-so they took it

fan sentiment, location, handle, etc does not change the outcome

its official

get accustomed to it

More reason than ever to end the government handouts so the industry does have to take the fans into account.