tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post7928922776362854257..comments2024-02-27T17:43:37.207-05:00Comments on View From the Racetrack Grandstand: Argh!!That Blog Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-88869925482051782042010-02-28T15:20:03.034-05:002010-02-28T15:20:03.034-05:00Scott, the article you cited came from the IHHA bu...Scott, the article you cited came from the IHHA but appears on the USTA website. I don't think the USTA rank and file and the IHHA thinks this is a good idea. What it is is the half full approach.That Blog Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-29970427897637932552010-02-28T15:07:54.785-05:002010-02-28T15:07:54.785-05:00To underscore ignoring the problems in the sport, ...To underscore ignoring the problems in the sport, here is how the USTA web site is handling the current Chicago situation :<br /><br />http://xwebapp.ustrotting.com/absolutenm/templates/?a=35909&z=1<br /><br />Casey Leonard was quoted : "With the purses going so far down we’ve had some drivers leave to compete for better money, and that’s given other drivers like me more opportunities”.Scott Jeffreysnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-76675046340700887402010-02-28T15:05:36.101-05:002010-02-28T15:05:36.101-05:00To understand what has happened on the very bottom...To understand what has happened on the very bottom end of the harness racing food chain, one only need to have heard the interview with Marcus Miller conducted by Bill Finley on Saturday morning's Down the Stretch program on Serius/XM.<br /><br /> Miller, currently attending DePaul during the day and driving the Maywood/Balmoral circuit at night, said that he is seeing horses that win one or two weeks in a row immediately ship out to the east for better purse opportunties. When asked about the situation, Marcus simply said, "it is just sad". <br /><br />There was no clearer indication that the sport is broken than to hear this young driver talk about the Chicago circuit.Scott Jeffreysnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-43408090399757755882010-02-28T14:44:58.374-05:002010-02-28T14:44:58.374-05:00Our product isn't broken....It's shattered...Our product isn't broken....It's shattered into a billion pieces and a steamroller is crushing it daily.<br /><br />Upset the status quo?.....The status quo doesn't need to be upset.....It needs to be tortured, mutilated, killed and placed in a hole in the desert.<br /><br />Hopeless.....Hambo Society and USTA give their main event to a track with 35% takeout on tris/supers.....Tracks that are destroying the track that defines the sport of harness racing are allowed to have 35% takeout rates and no wagering handle.....No need to go on and on.ITPnoreply@blogger.com