- The Grand Circuit report for this weekendThis Week harness racing: TVG Free For All Trot, Meadowlands Racetrack, East Rutherford, N.J. and Ben Franklin Pace, Earl Beal, Jr. Memorial, Max C. Hempt Memorial and James M. Lynch Memorial eliminations, Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. […]
- Parker wins five; closing in on 11,000 winsAfter driving along at a pedestrian pace-- at least for him --- Billy "Zeke" Parker, Jr. broke out and reined five winners on the Tuesday, June 18th harness racing card at Monticello Raceway, where, over the years, the bearded wonder has copped 18 driving titles. […]
- Amish man creates a racing board game!This reporter may not have played a real board game in years, but....being the harness racing purist or junkie that I am; I could not resist being one of the first people to purchase a brand new board game called Midwest Harness Racing. […]
- Lots of exciting races at the Running AcesAnother large crowd turned out at Running Aces Harness Park on Tuesday night and were treated to some outstanding racing and thrilling stretch drives, evidenced by the fact that six of the final seven races produced photo finishes. […]
- Ronnie Wrenn Jr. scores big Tuesday nightRonnie Wrenn Jr. drove six winners on Tuesday (June 18) at Northfield Park. Wrenn's winners included Village Boss ($4.00) in race two, Friskie Town ($2.10) in race five, Rosebud-Sharkalert ($5.00) in race nine, Rare Commodity ($15.00) in race 10, Ridge Park ($3.60) in race 11 and Goin Home Ray ($11.20) in race 14. […]
- Miller-Morgan combo score at the PoconosThe combination of harness racing trainer Virgil Morgan Jr. and driver David Miller scored a pair of wins with the two fastest times in Stallion Series action for three-year-old trotting fillies on Tuesday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. […]
- Lorrie Please wins $19,000 mares featureAllen Kaplan, Ira Kaplan and David Sheibs Lorrie Please (George Dennis, $8.40) surpassed $100,000 in seasonal earnings Tuesday with a 1:54.2 win in the featured $19,000 Mares Open at Harrington Raceway over a sloppy racetrack. […]
- Stakes filled weekend at Pocono DownsHarness racing's No. 1-ranked horse, 3-year-old pacer Captaintreacherous, leads a star-studded card Saturday night when Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs hosts eliminations for the Ben Franklin Pace, Earl Beal Jr. Memorial, Max C. Hempt Memorial and James M. Lynch Memorial stakes. […]
- Arch Madness back home and ready to goAfter facing some of the best trotters in Europe in last months Elitlopp, Arch Madness is back in the States and ready to tackle another tough group. […]
- Captaintreacherous claims top spot in PollDefending Pacer of the Year Captaintreacherous claimed control of the No. 1 spot in this week's harness racing Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll. […]
- Retired ''Indy' makes friends at the libraryDozens of youngsters entering the Monmouth County Library in Manalapan, NJ on Monday, June 17, 2013 to check out a book also could check out a retired standardbred racehorse named Independent Act - aka Indy. […]
- Trio of stakes at Balmoral for two-year-oldsBalmoral Park's mid-week harness racing card Wednesday night will have a trio of ICF stakes for young horses with the first race opener the pari-mutuel debut for all nine freshman filly pacers. […]
- WTC and WDC to be held in Sydney in 2015Harness Racing Australia announced in Paris overnight that the 2015 World Trotting Conference and World Drivers' Championship will take place in Sydney. […]
- WDC round #4 goes to Pierre VercruysseToday Hippodrome Mauquenchy hosted five World Drivers' Championship contests, each over 2100 meters autostart. […]
- WDC Round #3 to Austria's Gerhard MayrAustria's Gerhard Mayr earned 56 points today to move into third place with 116, trailing Pierre Vercruysse (158) and Bjorn Goop (127), as action moves to Mauquenchy tomorrow with five races on tap. […]
- World Drivers' Championship - Day 3 (Angers)Five races on day three of the harness racing World Drivers' Championship were conducted 300 kilometres southwest of France in the region of Angers(pronounced on jay), which has a metropolitan population of 400,000 people. […]
- Round One of WDC Set For SundayPost positions and drivers are now set for the opening card of the 2013 World Driving Championship, kicking off this Sunday in France. […]
- Editor, Duane Ranger leaves HarnesslinkAfter almost five years as editor of Harnesslink, Duane Ranger has taken up a contract with Harness Racing New Zealand. Ranger (48), who has been a journalist throughout New Zealand and Tonga since 1985, lives and breathes two things in life - harness racing and cricket. […]
- New Director of North American OperationsAward winning journalist and harness racing administrator Steven Wolf has joined Harnesslink.com as Director of North American Operations. He will begin his new duties immediately. […]
- Spain becoming a slaughterhouse for horses!Like his father and grandfather before him, Alberto Martin breeds horses, raising them on two farms, one of them here on the outskirts of Madrid. But even as a third-generation breeder, nothing in his experience had prepared him for times like these. Over the last two years, Mr. Martin says he has been forced to sell 50 of his 70 beloved mares for about $400 […]
- Software glitch stings punters - $30 million'Whoops! Wrong button!' - and there goes HK$30 million ... Yesterday's multi-million dollar betting blunder at Sha Tin might not have been that simple, but a betting software glitch certainly left a searing hole in plenty of punters' pockets, created an unexpected windfall for others and in the process spawned a host of highly entertainin […]
- Happy Easter I Am, A Harness Racing HorseHappy Easter from the Harness Racing documentary film ''I Am, A Harness Racing Horse'' and from American Rose Lee (light bay) and Angler (dark bay). Have a Happy Easter dinner with an abundance of good food, friends and family. […]
- Jimmy Marohn Jr, St Patrick & Pope FrancisWestbury (Long Island, New York) born harness racing driver Jimmy Marohn Jr won the 13th annual St Paddy Pace at Monticello Raceway last Wednesday (March 13), and on this past Sunday Catholics (and non Catholics) throughout the world celebrated St Patrick's Day - the great saint who cast all the snakes out of Ireland. […]
- Son of Cardigan Bay's co-owner reminiscesThe late Dr Lawrence Slobody was not only a brilliant American doctor and director of pediatrics but he was also a harness racing visionary. His son and standardbred enthusiast Roger, said that when New Zealand's millionaire pacer Cardigan Bay came to the United States in 1964 his father took an eighth share in the brilliant son of Hal Tryax. […]
- St Patrick's Day trailer - Monica Thors teamA cheerful "Happy St Patrick's Day" video from Monica Thors and the "I Am, A Harness Racing Horse" team... fun and serious at the same time. […]
- Tears flow big-time for Rocknroll HanoverEight hours after 2005 Horse-of-the-Year and harness racing giant Rocknroll Hanover was euthanized at the Mid-Atlantic Equine Medical Center in New Jersey, her former caretaker Sarah Lauren Scott was still having trouble holding back her tears. […]
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Strong start to Indiana Downs meet – Shelbynews
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Strong start to Indiana Downs meet
Shelbynews As Indiana Downs wraps up the first month of its 11th horse racing season, general manager Jon Schuster says all has been well despite a whirlwind of changes to Shelby County's only parimutuel horse track. The meet opened up under the umbrella of … |
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No Table Games at Vernon Downs – Best Thing Possible
The State of New York has entered into an agreement with the Oneida Indians which requires the Tribal Authority to pay 25% of the net profits of their Turning Stone Casino to the State of New York (roughly $50 million annually) in return for a monopoly on casino operations within a ten county area surrounding Turning Stone Casino. As a result, if the deal gets the necessary approvals, Vernon Downs (which is only three miles away from the Indian casino) will be precluded from offering table games though will be allowed to continue to operate their 750 VLTs.
This has caused a dispute between the ownership of Vernon Downs. Majority shareholder Jeff Gural is pleased with the deal while minority shareholder Gary Greenberg is unhappy with the agreement claiming it “…will be the death knell of Vernon Downs. There will never be full-table games at Vernon Downs thus depriving the horsemen, employees, customers and shareholders a chance to compete on a fair level with Turning Stone or any other full table game casino in the state“.
While I understand Mr. Greenberg may be disappointed with this agreement, one would think he has not been keeping up to date with what is going on in the gaming business and the oversaturation of casino gambling. Quite honestly, this deal, while negotiated without input from Gural is the best possible agreement one could hope for and instead of it being the death knell of Vernon Downs, guarantees its continued operation.
First of all, Indian gaming sets up its own rules with regards to takeout rates and operation whereas casinos operated by a non-tribal group is subject to state law which regulates takeout rates on casino games. If Vernon Downs were to open table games and thus be a full-competitor to Turning Point, a pricing war on the takeout level could occur, with Turning Point reducing their take to a level Vernon Downs could not match. Quite honestly, a head-to-head match up is something Vernon Downs could not win. Of course, this competition is predicated on the state allowing Vernon Downs to operate a full casino, something which was not assured. After all, the first three full casinos proposed (Monticello Raceway, Saratoga Raceway, Tioga Downs) did not include Vernon Downs. Also, any capital expenditure to expand floor space for table games has the potential of putting Vernon Downs once again in to bankruptycffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
Secondly, as we are seeing in the Mid-Atlantic region, oversaturation of casinos results in money being divided between casinos, not really the introduction of new gaming dollars. Therefore, being so close to Turning Point, while Vernon would probably get some new business, it would not be at the levels being forecast by some detractors.
Lastly, the ten county ban on casino gambling with Vernon Downs being allowed to keep its slot machines means the proposed harness track in the Syracuse area will die of. Let’s face it without slot machines, who is going to want to build a racetrack these days? This means Vernon will by default have a ten county monopoly on horse racing and be the only place outside of Turning Stone with slots.
Bottom line is if this agreement is approved, many others have fallen apart in the past, it is basically agreement which could have been iod foj
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Scioto Downs Opening Week In Review – Standardbred Canada
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Scioto Downs Opening Week In Review
Standardbred Canada Scioto offered a Super High Five wager for the first time during race nine this year and each night an 11-horse field went to the gate. On Wednesday … For the 11-horse fields, horses leaving from posts 10 and 11 have finished in the money half of the … |
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Preakness hopefuls gallop at Churchill Downs – The Idaho Statesman
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Preakness hopefuls gallop at Churchill Downs
The Idaho Statesman Churchill Downs was the scene Friday of several Preakness Stakes hopefuls galloping as they prepare for the 138th edition of the middle jewel of racing's Triple Crown. Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas had his three Preakness contenders gallop over … |
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Economy Terror, 2011, Nov. 13, Harrahs Chester Downs
Star Keeper , 2011, Nov. 15, Dover Downs
Rockin The House, 2011, Nov. 20, Harrahs Chester Downs
Papa Hemingway, 2011, Nov. 29, Harrahs Chester Downs
We The People , 2012, Feb. 13, Dover Downs
South Jersey Honey, 2012 March 11, Harrahs Chester Downs
- Amish man creates a racing board game!This reporter may not have played a real board game in years, but....being the harness racing purist or junkie that I am; I could not resist being one of the first people to purchase a brand new board game called Midwest Harness Racing. […]
- Lots of exciting races at the Running AcesAnother large crowd turned out at Running Aces Harness Park on Tuesday night and were treated to some outstanding racing and thrilling stretch drives, evidenced by the fact that six of the final seven races produced photo finishes. […]
- Ronnie Wrenn Jr. scores big Tuesday nightRonnie Wrenn Jr. drove six winners on Tuesday (June 18) at Northfield Park. Wrenn's winners included Village Boss ($4.00) in race two, Friskie Town ($2.10) in race five, Rosebud-Sharkalert ($5.00) in race nine, Rare Commodity ($15.00) in race 10, Ridge Park ($3.60) in race 11 and Goin Home Ray ($11.20) in race 14. […]
- Harpley in search of his first challenge winJunee horseman Bruce Harpley has won a number of feature juvenile events around Australia during his long and distinguished harness racing career but one series that has eluded him to date is the New South Wales Breeders Challenge. […]
- Miller-Morgan combo score at the PoconosThe combination of harness racing trainer Virgil Morgan Jr. and driver David Miller scored a pair of wins with the two fastest times in Stallion Series action for three-year-old trotting fillies on Tuesday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. […]
- Nathan Hurst is enjoying the Queenland sunHarness racing trainer Nathan Hurst decided to escape the cold mornings at his training base of Eglington in New South Wales for a month and is enjoying the warmer weather in Queensland with a team of eight horses. Hurst has qualified Mcambro for Saturday nights Premiers Cup at the Gold Coast and he is hoping for a good result in the $50,000 feature. […]
- Lorrie Please wins $19,000 mares featureAllen Kaplan, Ira Kaplan and David Sheibs Lorrie Please (George Dennis, $8.40) surpassed $100,000 in seasonal earnings Tuesday with a 1:54.2 win in the featured $19,000 Mares Open at Harrington Raceway over a sloppy racetrack. […]
- Local star Zanardi returns to Globe DerbyLocal star Zanardi returns to Globe Derby Park after a luckless run at Melton when held up for a run entering the home straight. […]
- Michael Muscat is enjoying a golden runIn his first full season of training Londonderry based Michael Muscat is pleased with his results and is hoping to cap off an impressive year by qualifying multiple runners for the Breeders Challenge Finals day at Tabcorp Park Menangle on June 30. Muscats two year old filly Majestic Amy progressed through to the Gr.1 final after finishing second in her semi […]
- Major In Art sires first New Zealand winnerNot much gets past the team at Harnesslink, but one thing that did was Major In Arts first New Zealand winner, Major Sam, who was victorious last Friday night at Addington. […]
- Forbury Park meeting moving to SaturdayHRNZ and the NZRB have moved swiftly to co-ordinate re-jigged plans for South Island race meetings this week surrounding the forecast weather bomb that will work its way up the island from this evening. […]
- HRNZ Media Bites - Wednesday 18 JuneHi again everyone, please see below the Media Bites as we see them for the week. […]
- Old vs young in Gloucester Park featureSeemingly indestructible ten-year-old Has The Answers is poised to seriously test record-smashing five-year-old Livingontheinterest after drawing favourably at barrier two on the front line in the 2130m Quality Produce Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. […]
- Stakes filled weekend at Pocono DownsHarness racing's No. 1-ranked horse, 3-year-old pacer Captaintreacherous, leads a star-studded card Saturday night when Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs hosts eliminations for the Ben Franklin Pace, Earl Beal Jr. Memorial, Max C. Hempt Memorial and James M. Lynch Memorial stakes. […]
