NJ HARNESS RACING IS THRIVING!!! 😂 ON WELFARE.....

[Ignorance Is Bliss]

They're pleased to announce the 10 mil a year was reinstated in a final hour begfest taking another 10 mil each to harness and tbreds in taxpayer money. Bravoooo! 
Like the SBOANJ President said in his plea for free money, without those funds would jeopardize the already in peril harness industry in NJ. THRIVING!
Meadowlands 2026 two days a week championship meet. Decreasing handles with some of the cheapest racing ever seen at was once the mecca of harness racing! THRIVING!!!
https://ustrottingnews.com/nj-governor-signs-budget-with-20m-annually-for-horse-racing/

[pocketrocketwinner]

Southwind farms announced today they are closing in 2028, citing the bleak future of the meadowlands

[Ignorance Is Bliss]

Southwind farms announced today they are closing in 2028, citing the bleak future of the meadowlands

It's a shame. But it's all self inflicted.

[Calhoun]

Very pathetic view count.

Even for 5-decade Shit Shoveler Petrelli.

Equine Scams is trending down.

[Trigger]

Cowardhoon, what's your view count, 1 above 0?  That even? 

[Ignorance Is Bliss]

CBS 2 NYC, NBC 4, FOX 5 NY, ABC EYEWITNESS NEWS NYC, WPIX NEWS, TELEMUNDO, 1010 WINS. Just last week, not including the clips of both Edita and I on the Today show last Wednesday. Not including the online social media shares of those news reports. Tens of millions heard me. Group exploded last week. Same 20 anonymous cowards here talking to each other. I had major media #1 news market in the world last week than the entire harness racing industry has had in ten years combined. Unless of course you count the federal indictment drugging stories. 

[Trigger]

CBS 2 NYC, NBC 4, FOX 5 NY, ABC EYEWITNESS NEWS NYC, WPIX NEWS, TELEMUNDO, 1010 WINS. Just last week, not including the clips of both Edita and I on the Today show last Wednesday. Not including the online social media shares of those news reports. Tens of millions heard me. Group exploded last week. Same 20 anonymous cowards here talking to each other. I had major media #1 news market in the world last week than the entire harness racing industry has had in ten years combined. Unless of course you count the federal indictment drugging stories. 

They are like barnacles on a ship.

Hecklers that want to be on a stage.

Plop is a stage 

More importantly some of them care more about their egos and hurting others than the animals being hurt and killed who had little to no voice, now people too.

Sadly here like life, scum too.

BTW, G didn't become a household name?  , that proposed zoom call with the governor first heard here last heard here and never heard again...

[Kenny]

They're pleased to announce the 10 mil a year was reinstated in a final hour begfest taking another 10 mil each to harness and tbreds in taxpayer money. Bravoooo! 
Like the SBOANJ President said in his plea for free money, without those funds would jeopardize the already in peril harness industry in NJ. THRIVING!
Meadowlands 2026 two days a week championship meet. Decreasing handles with some of the cheapest racing ever seen at was once the mecca of harness racing! THRIVING!!!
https://ustrottingnews.com/nj-governor-signs-budget-with-20m-annually-for-horse-racing/

Same for PA

In Pennsylvania, the live wagering handle covers a remarkably small percentage of horse racing purses—typically hovering between 10% and 12%.

The vast majority of the money in the state's purse accounts does not come from the betting windows. Instead, 88% to 90% of PA purses are funded by the slots, specifically through the state's Race Horse Development Trust Fund (RHDTF).

[Kirby's Ace]

Looks like Fords getting a raise!

[Brown jug]

lets put aside the dark side of trainers who mistreat horses, i think we all agree that is heinous and needs to be stopped for the benefit of the sport

now , if some of you could take an online high school economics course  the discussions on here would be much more insightful

[ECU Pirate]

The $10 mil for purses is so the state can keep the farms open that pay $75 mil in state taxes every year.  If you don't subsidize the actually racing, then the farms go away.  The state paying $10 mil to get $75 mil is a good tradeoff. 

[Ignorance Is Bliss]

The $10 mil for purses is so the state can keep the farms open that pay $75 mil in state taxes every year.  If you don't subsidize the actually racing, then the farms go away.  The state paying $10 mil to get $75 mil is a good tradeoff.

Southwind announced closing less than 12 hours after the money was approved. Yeah, it's working.  And next will be Deo Volente....

[Kenny]

The $10 mil for purses is so the state can keep the farms open that pay $75 mil in state taxes every year.  If you don't subsidize the actually racing, then the farms go away.  The state paying $10 mil to get $75 mil is a good tradeoff.

That is a poor argument. Spend that same $10 million on roads, bridges, and schools and you get an even bigger benefit.

From a macroeconomic perspective, investing tax dollars in infrastructure yields a significantly larger, broader, and more sustainable economic benefit than spending them on horse racing.

While both investments stimulate economic activity, they function on entirely different scales and produce vastly different returns on investment (ROI).