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Title: Make Harness Racing Exciting - 3/4 mile races!
Post by: Sweet on March 01, 2026, 01:26:38 AM
Let them all go full throttle for 3/4's of a mile.

Do that tracks.

Train for that.

We'll handicap that.

We'll wager on that.

And it will be exciting!  ;D
Title: Re: Make Harness Racing Exciting - 3/4 mile races!
Post by: Any1Left on March 01, 2026, 02:34:24 AM
Let them all go full throttle for 3/4's of a mile.

Do that tracks.

Train for that.

We'll handicap that.

We'll wager on that.

And it will be exciting!  ;D
Spock have you lost your mind and how bad would it be if at Mohawk they had a half mile dash and they go single file around the track with TYLER BORTH and SCOTT YOUNG LETTING All parked horses have holes with a 58.2 half mile winner,    Mohawk is Somalia and the crooked PIRATES run the show.
Title: Re: Make Harness Racing Exciting - 3/4 mile races!
Post by: Sweet on March 01, 2026, 08:54:19 AM
Spock have you lost your mind and how bad would it be if at Mohawk they had a half mile dash and they go single file around the track with TYLER BORTH and SCOTT YOUNG LETTING All parked horses have holes with a 58.2 half mile winner,    Mohawk is Somalia and the crooked PIRATES run the show.

 ngc3

And they are the perfect size track to still go 2 turns...for sure if there is no enforcement to the rules of competition...we get caught up on certain way of doing things for so long and it just doesn't work.  Boring and no-competitive for most the race should not allow it to be called a race.  They want to pull the shit they're doing now let them go 2 miles!  ;D
Title: Re: Make Harness Racing Exciting - 3/4 mile races!
Post by: FirstUpFrom8Hole on March 01, 2026, 09:03:08 AM
If you want exciting do  a 1/4 mile race on a 1/2 mile track where only drivers with a "P" beside their name can drive.
Title: Re: Make Harness Racing Exciting - 3/4 mile races!
Post by: Sweet on March 01, 2026, 09:08:38 AM
If you want exciting do  a 1/4 mile race on a 1/2 mile track where only drivers with a "P" beside their name can drive.

Harness racing sprints, not what I said, but if you want to test the speed of the fastest horses off the gate in the world, they should try it and record it.

3/4 mile still a race, not as much stamina, not as much tactics needed, but a damn good race if everyone trying for at least half a mile of it of and way more competitive and it's enforced.

Make 3/4 mile races the highest purse races too!  ;D
Title: Re: Make Harness Racing Exciting - 3/4 mile races!
Post by: Harness racer on March 01, 2026, 11:05:08 AM
Quarter horse racing in sulkies would be cool to see.
Title: Re: Make Harness Racing Exciting - 3/4 mile races!
Post by: Sweet on March 01, 2026, 11:13:49 AM
Quarter horse racing in sulkies would be cool to see.
Drivers would be holding on for dear life, fucking rodeo ngc3....better than this staged racing shit.   ;D
Title: Re: Make Harness Racing Exciting - 3/4 mile races!
Post by: Ignorance Is Bliss on March 01, 2026, 11:19:47 AM
Quarter horse racing in sulkies would be cool to see.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewFyvGALJw0
Title: Re: Make Harness Racing Exciting - 3/4 mile races!
Post by: titans1127 on March 01, 2026, 11:22:33 AM
Monticello did a few 3/4 mile races back in 2008
Title: Re: Make Harness Racing Exciting - 3/4 mile races!
Post by: Any1Left on March 01, 2026, 12:08:07 PM
If you want exciting do  a 1/4 mile race on a 1/2 mile track where only drivers with a "P" beside their name can drive.
i swear that is what im looking for a fair race
Title: Re: Make Harness Racing Exciting - 3/4 mile races!
Post by: Ignorance Is Bliss on March 01, 2026, 12:14:52 PM
Odd distances both shorter and longer have been done many times, it just doesn't work. Even confuses the few bettors who understand the game. Bottom line is you can't change the basics that are harness racing. In the public's eye to the few who even know what it is, there's no comparison to other forms of entertainment. It's boring, they'd rather push buttons and play Fortnite for instant gratification and a sense of control. Remember, most people see this now is a crooked industry, can't imagine where they got that idea.  ngc3
Title: Re: Make Harness Racing Exciting - 3/4 mile races!
Post by: dougie on March 01, 2026, 12:34:05 PM
I have always felt the different distances might make racing less boring.
Title: Re: Make Harness Racing Exciting - 3/4 mile races!
Post by: Any1Left on March 01, 2026, 12:48:07 PM
Odd distances both shorter and longer have been done many times, it just doesn't work. Even confuses the few bettors who understand the game. Bottom line is you can't change the basics that are harness racing. In the public's eye to the few who even know what it is, there's no comparison to other forms of entertainment. It's boring, they'd rather push buttons and play Fortnite for instant gratification and a sense of control. Remember, most people see this now is a crooked industry, can't imagine where they got that idea.  ngc3
THE entire harness world outside north AMERICA uses distance changes and in France where they have the ARC RACE ONE OF THE BIGGEST RACES IN THE WORLD harness racing is bigger than the runners and its the only place on earth but they have huge fields and big prices,     Remember one thing racing at a mile is not doing well and if the harness game believe ABC racing with speeds tracks built for breeders and drug cheats is the answer then there is 100 percent no hope.    Mike i watched a show yesterday from the meadowlands with a boring crew and even with a staggart gate speed was awesome if the track had movement with a stag gate it could come back big time and its the only track that has a chance.
Title: Re: Make Harness Racing Exciting - 3/4 mile races!
Post by: Ignorance Is Bliss on March 01, 2026, 01:15:35 PM
THE entire harness world outside north AMERICA uses distance changes and in France where they have the ARC RACE ONE OF THE BIGGEST RACES IN THE WORLD harness racing is bigger than the runners and its the only place on earth but they have huge fields and big prices,     Remember one thing racing at a mile is not doing well and if the harness game believe ABC racing with speeds tracks built for breeders and drug cheats is the answer then there is 100 percent no hope.    Mike i watched a show yesterday from the meadowlands with a boring crew and even with a staggart gate speed was awesome if the track had movement with a stag gate it could come back big time and its the only track that has a chance.

The crown jewel track that is letting the Hambo go? The dude doing paddock interviews....I don't even wanna say it. I like Dave, but the only way to attract youth is with youth. Maybe mix Dave with Annie and Meadow. But the build it and they will come approach only works in movies. Remember half the public wants racing gone, I deal with those people each day. And I mean all racing, not just harness. The world is a different place now.
Title: Re: Make Harness Racing Exciting - 3/4 mile races!
Post by: RobertC on March 01, 2026, 05:58:59 PM
Want to make it exciting again? Get rid of multiple trainer entries in big races .Get a positive guilty till proven innocent (per engblom). Still racing after 2 years. Judges should be clean horseman ,not ex crooks ( race secretary also should not be heavy gamblers and on the take ). Not my opinion FACTS. Also trigger you need to stfu ,what a jerk
Title: Re: Make Harness Racing Exciting - 3/4 mile races!
Post by: Sweet on March 01, 2026, 06:01:53 PM
Want to make it exciting again? Get rid of multiple trainer entries in big races .Get a positive guilty till proven innocent (per engblom). Still racing after 2 years. Judges should be clean horseman ,not ex crooks ( race secretary also should not be heavy gamblers and on the take ). Not my opinion FACTS

You'll have to add 1500 more big races a year to make that work for BurkeAss because he's everywhere a welfare dollar can be  ngc3
Title: Re: Make Harness Racing Exciting - 3/4 mile races!
Post by: Pacer 2 on March 01, 2026, 06:42:10 PM
Odd distances both shorter and longer have been done many times, it just doesn't work. Even confuses the few bettors who understand the game. Bottom line is you can't change the basics that are harness racing. In the public's eye to the few who even know what it is, there's no comparison to other forms of entertainment. It's boring, they'd rather push buttons and play Fortnite for instant gratification and a sense of control. Remember, most people see this now is a crooked industry, can't imagine where they got that idea.  ngc3
  Name one industry that isnt crooked!    ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3
Title: Re: Make Harness Racing Exciting - 3/4 mile races!
Post by: Sweet on March 01, 2026, 06:56:54 PM
  Name one industry that isnt crooked!    ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3

Your momma, whore's like a legit pro!  ngc3
Title: Re: Make Harness Racing Exciting - 3/4 mile races!
Post by: BoKnows on March 02, 2026, 02:08:07 AM
Vernon used to race 3/4 mile races back in the 70s and 80s. Just made it closer to half mile racing because you didn't have the long run before the 1st turn like they did when going a mile there.
One of the Canadian tracks (maybe Georgian Downs) used to have a special day where they raced all kinds of different distances, I think they went as short as 1/8 mile and las long as 3 miles. I think the 3 mile race had 16 horses.
Title: Re: Make Harness Racing Exciting - 3/4 mile races!
Post by: Any1Left on March 02, 2026, 02:54:12 AM
Want to make it exciting again? Get rid of multiple trainer entries in big races .Get a positive guilty till proven innocent (per engblom). Still racing after 2 years. Judges should be clean horseman ,not ex crooks ( race secretary also should not be heavy gamblers and on the take ). Not my opinion FACTS. Also trigger you need to stfu ,what a jerk
  i agree with much but the Ex crooks suggests they are now honest and that is not the case,  Trigger is like the TAZMANIAN DEVIL who like to spin around and have fun but he also at times makes TAZ look normal,   Enjoy his show its different and insane and sometimes dead on
Title: Re: Make Harness Racing Exciting - 3/4 mile races!
Post by: rock old school on March 02, 2026, 03:20:02 AM
A few of us last week after watching Yonkers were talking joking around, it's some of the most boring racing around almost every race no one pulls anymore until 5/8 its none betting bs. They should have 1/4-mile racing with 5 horse fields one of the guys said they should just make 3/8 strip crank them up 1/8 mile let them race for the 1/4-mile race.
I know it would never happen but would be interesting to see
Title: Re: Make Harness Racing Exciting - 3/4 mile races!
Post by: jupiter on March 02, 2026, 09:46:03 AM
Years ago Buffalo had the "9/16 dash for cash" wild going into that first turn. Didn't bet anymore than usual.
Title: Re: Make Harness Racing Exciting - 3/4 mile races!
Post by: Sweet on March 02, 2026, 10:32:13 AM
This is about pushing horses to go full throttle longer at less distance you momo's  ngc3

More competitive racing.

Not settle and race for 1/4-1/2 because of the distance of the race.

On a track size like Mohawk they could still go 2 turns easily and with a very staggered gate equal the outside playing field.

Maybe I should talk Swahili  ngc3
Title: Re: Make Harness Racing Exciting - 3/4 mile races!
Post by: Any1Left on March 02, 2026, 01:03:37 PM
This is about pushing horses to go full throttle longer at less distance you momo's  ngc3

More competitive racing.

Not settle and race for 1/4-1/2 because of the distance of the race.

On a track size like Mohawk they could still go 2 turns easily and with a very staggered gate equal the outside playing field.

Maybe I should talk Swahili  ngc3 Swahili ,,,,,,No way you speak swahili but i could be wrong.
Title: Re: Make Harness Racing Exciting - 3/4 mile races!
Post by: Checked Up on March 04, 2026, 03:33:52 PM
I would love to see the dash races become regular on racing cards. This is a good way to get a windfall R.O.I, Some trainers and drivers believe that they are certain that a horse has 1 style of racing and alot of times that's simply not true IMO! When a horse that has been racing from behind is sent off the gate like a skallded cat for the first time, ya just might see that the connections were dead wrong about the horse needing a trip! To me the change in racing styles can give sharp handicappers a bit of an edge if they have been watching the horse race week in, and race out! BRING ON THE DASHES!!!! tmbz1
Title: Re: Make Harness Racing Exciting - 3/4 mile races!
Post by: Sweet on March 04, 2026, 05:13:54 PM
How about each driver is allowed to carry one filled water balloon  ngc3

As long as you don't hit a horse or cause an accident, but do try to cause a distraction to gain an edge  ngc3

Gladiator racing, no knives, spears, chains, guns....just water balloons. ngc3

If you don't use your balloon, you can use it the next race until the last race, one balloon per card.  ;D
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