Record Purses

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Northfield, OH – Forty years of history. A quarter of a million dollars. A field overflowing with champions.

On Saturday night (June 6), Northfield Park Racino will host the 40th edition of the Battle of Lake Erie (Grade 2), and for the first time in the race’s storied history, the purse will stand at a record $250,000. The milestone renewal has attracted one of the deepest and most accomplished fields ever assembled for Northeast Ohio’s signature pacing event.

[Racetime]

The more money bet at the Casino's the more money goes into the purse account for the track

[rainman2]

The more money bet at the Casino's the more money goes into the purse account for the track

Not quite true. Generally speaking, the horsemen only get that through slots/VLT’s. The house gets the $$ from table games, etc.

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Northfield, OH – Forty years of history. A quarter of a million dollars. A field overflowing with champions.

On Saturday night (June 6), Northfield Park Racino will host the 40th edition of the Battle of Lake Erie (Grade 2), and for the first time in the race’s storied history, the purse will stand at a record $250,000. The milestone renewal has attracted one of the deepest and most accomplished fields ever assembled for Northeast Ohio’s signature pacing event.

harness racing is flourishing! There's so much money to be made if you put your horse in the right classes.

[Kenny]

harness racing is flourishing! There's so much money to be made if you put your horse in the right classes.

So much money from government handouts. That is not the definition of "flourishing".

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harness racing is flourishing! There's so much money to be made if you put your horse in the right classes.

     No doubt! 

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So much money from government handouts. That is not the definition of "flourishing".

  Who cares where the money comes from?   I dont!

[Brown jug]

agreed
i just cash the cheques
i dont really ask where the money came from

[silent one]

agreed
i just cash the cheques
i dont really ask where the money came from

  So if i fuck your mother for $50, and she gives you $50, your good with that. Good to know.

     Sincerely, Silent One

[Trigger]

  So if i fuck your mother for $50, and she gives you $50, your good with that. Good to know.

     Sincerely, Silent One

I think that's a pimp / ho mom labor violation 

[NatHillIV]

Not quite true. Generally speaking, the horsemen only get that through slots/VLT’s. The house gets the $$ from table games, etc.

In Indiana, racing receives money from slots and table games.  Not from sports wagering, which is unfortunately growing like wildfire.

[Kenny]

  Who cares where the money comes from?   I dont!

What happens when the handouts are shut off? There is no business case for harness racing to exist. I does not have a customer base which can support it. Harness racing is like the startups that get loads of funding for a product that has no actual marker value. They eventually go out of business.

[Kenny]

agreed
i just cash the cheques
i dont really ask where the money came from

No view of the future? No view that the industry is unable to support itself? That logic is why harness racing only exists at the whim of politicians. That logic will cause the end of the sport.

https://www.horseplop.com/index.php?topic=83865.msg1261250#msg1261250

[Kenny]

In Indiana, racing receives money from slots and table games.  Not from sports wagering, which is unfortunately growing like wildfire.

Why should it get any of the money? It is a government handout...period.

[Kenny]

  Who cares where the money comes from?   I dont!

agreed
i just cash the cheques
i dont really ask where the money came from

It is posts like this which make me even more motivated to continue to push elected representatives to eliminate the handouts to racing. I would prefer to money go to fix roads, bridges, or schools that to people like you.