tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46844631728549590422024-03-04T23:13:44.642-05:00View From the Racetrack GrandstandDiscussing harness racing from the fan's perspective.That Blog Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.comBlogger3311125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-87738200832995142972018-11-22T09:04:00.000-05:002018-11-22T09:04:03.530-05:00Give Players What they WantNow is a good time to be a player if you wager on harness racing now that the sport has gone international. Harness racing from France? Yes. Sweden? Absolutely. Even Australia on weekends? Check. What more can you ask for, harness racing virtually 24 hours a day.<div>
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That is unless you are legally stuck with one ADW; in my case 4NJBets which is run by TVG. Why doesn't TVG offer this? After all they offer French and Swedish harness racing on their other platforms, what would be the problem with offering it in NJ (Australian harness racing is a new product in the States so it may take them a little time to offer it)? Don't say it is taking time to roll it out, wagering on the continent's harness product has been going on for months; it doesn't take that long to implement. Granted, it may not be a huge money maker in the grand scheme of things, but if they can offer it in another state, it would pay to offer it elsewhere.</div>
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Yes, NJ is cumbersome in you need to get approval from the NJRC for each signal you bring in and it should be the case to protect horsemen's rights. However, with NJAW being by the organization which runs Monmouth Park, it is not likely they are pushing the harness expansion. Either way, the log jam needs to be broken.. If you aren't going to service the customer free, it is time to let them go.</div>
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Sure the game is different but with the Internet, you can expect people to take your signal if you don't offer theirs. Be it tracks or ADWs. the revenue available to you during off hours will only improve your bottom line. I didn't think the sport was doing so good that we can turn money away.</div>
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Perhaps worse of all, there is a better ADW product out there which you are keeping customers away from. If you don't want to service your customer properly, cut the cord which binds us and let handicappers select an ADW which meets their needs.</div>
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It is Thanksgiving in the States which means the only harness racing action is limited to Canada with Flamboro Downs and Woodbine Mohawk Park racing. May those celebrating have a great Holiday and kick-off to the Holiday Season.</div>
That Blog Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-51074812927344209262018-11-12T11:03:00.000-05:002018-11-12T11:03:16.410-05:00Life Happens but We're Back!I knew things were not going well for me when I transferred View From The Racetrack Grandstand to another individual but had no idea what was in store for me. Months and months of being on the DL. Let's say I was feeling as good as a $1,000 claimer.<br />
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Life Happens.<br />
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When I was starting to feel worse, transferring the blog to another individual, one eminently qualified to continue the blog, seemed to be a great idea. Who knew life was going to throw them for a loop?<br />
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Life Happens.<br />
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Anyway, roughly a year and a half later, we're back. Ready to pick up where we left off. Well, maybe not exactly the same. While VFTRG is being resuscitated, the frequency of postings will be reduced. How often? It won't be daily, but the plan is to post often enough so it will be worth your while to check-in to see what's new. <br />
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We're glad to be back.<br />
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P.S. While most posters are responsible and with the current anger which seems to be in the world, thanks to politics. I just wanted to remind everyone this blog is a place of civility. You may differ in opinions and express it, but you must be respectful to all. Any comments which cross the line will never see the light of day.<br />
<br />That Blog Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-86691538088261286302017-06-26T19:25:00.002-04:002017-06-26T19:26:02.854-04:00VFTRG Lives! Coming in the first half of July, I will be transferring ownership of the blog to a new blogger who will continue writing from where I left off. I can't say who the new blogger will be but they are well informed in the sport of harness racing and I am sure they will bring an interesting perspective to you, the blog reader.<br />
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So keep VFTRG bookmarked. It will be well worth the wait.<br />
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<br />That Blog Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-3986746440889240482017-06-22T15:38:00.001-04:002017-06-25T09:24:59.523-04:00There Comes a Time to Say 'Adjö'<div class="MsoNormal">
Perhaps it is fitting this decision comes on the day the<a href="http://www.standardbredcanada.ca/notices/6-22-17/herve-filion-passes.html"> Great Herve Fillion has passed away</a>, though I certainly would never claim any type of equivalency. It's just funny how some things come together<br />
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There comes a time when one must face reality; after 3,308
posts (including this one) and over 992,000 views, it is time to say goodbye to
<i>VFTRG.</i> Long-time readers shouldn’t be surprised by
this news as the almost daily posting of articles has dropped off to a point
where it could be a week or two between postings. I have been debating this moment for a while
when today, the decision was made to say ‘enough’; the chronic pain (and varied
illnesses) have worn me down to the point where a work of love has become a
chore. When it is no longer fun, it is
time to stop. </div>
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<a href="http://viewfromthegrandstand.blogspot.com/2009/05/welcome.html">Since my initial
blog entry</a><i> on May 18, 2009</i>, I’ve
tried to stand up for the person often ignored when it comes to harness racing,
the racing fan. I covered races,
specific horses, handicapped races (sorry about that), and perhaps most
importantly, discussed issues facing the industry as well as how it impacted
the racing fan.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’ve discussed many issues during this eight year run, no
doubt multiple times. Quite honestly,
when you are dealing with an industry which at times seemingly digs its heels
into the ground, refusing to change, you can’t help but re-visit some of the
common themes of one’s blog. I
understand people and industries don’t want to change but if there is any long-term
hope for harness racing, the young Turks are going to have to push those who
refuse to change out of the way and make the tough choices. After all, the slot revenue isn't going to be there forever.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There has been a lot of good stuff written over this eight
years, so while I am no longer going to post to <i>VFTRG</i>, feel free to read some
of the old articles; just type a theme in the search box and see what treasures you come up with to read.</div>
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I am thankful for the friends I’ve made over the years and
hope to stay in touch with them. While
VFTRG is coming to an end, this is not good bye. I will still be involved with horse rescue
and help continue to promote racing under saddle when possible. Should the opportunity arise, I may come up
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Thank you for being a part of my life during the past eight
years. Hopefully, there is a lot of
great racing ahead and the industry makes some changes to make the game
more challenging to handicap and become more relevant to the millennials
and others so they take another look at harness racing and decide it is a ‘cool’
sport and gaming experience. </div>
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I'll see you in the grandstand..... <o:p></o:p></div>
That Blog Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-19655409944065244262017-06-14T07:11:00.001-04:002017-06-14T07:11:25.062-04:00The Last Meet?The possibility of Vernon Downs being in the midst of their last season has become more real as the track is slated to close for good on November 11, at the conclusion of the current meet as the <a href="http://www.wktv.com/story/35656259/vernon-downs-sets-dates-to-close-doors-while-awaiting-tax-relief-bill-passage" target="_blank">New York legislature remains deadlocked</a> over granting Vernon Downs tax relief with regards to slot revenue. While the Senate has approved relief for the upstate track, the Assembly seems to be bogged down with respect to the bill. Track majority owner Jeff Gural claims the end of the current legislative session, June 21 is the drop dead date.<br />
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Harness racing, while a money loser at Vernon is not the issue here, it's taxation rates for slot revenue as the casino has been losing money since upstate casinos have begun operating, poaching customers from Vernon. Being restricted to video gaming only doesn't allow the track to compete against the casinos and when you consider the VLTs are taxed at a higher rate than the nearby casinos, the chance to come out in the black is virtually impossible.<br />
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Will the Assembly come through within the next week? Is June 21, the drop dead date or is it more likely to be September 10, the date the casino is slated to close? All I know is it is a perilous time.<br />
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<b>Is the harness racing revival in Massachusetts</b> coming to an end? Call me paranoid but with legislators in the Bay State reassessing their commitment to slot revenue going to racing, I can't wonder if harness racing is going to get shafted. The problem comes primarily from slot revenue being earmarked for racing and the pool getting bigger and bigger as the thoroughbred industry has basically left the state. Suffolk Downs races a few days this year and with it being sold, 2018 may be the last year the track races at all. Massachusetts bred races have been contested at Finger Lakes (NY). Try as they may, regulators can't find enough ways to spend the thoroughbred portion of the fund due to the industry virtually dying off. Meanwhile, the standardbreds keep humming along, doing well.<br />
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However, the legislature is wondering if the industry is worth saving at all when they have pressing social issues which could use the influx of funds. While the legislature can scrap the part of the enabling legislation regarding thoroughbred breeding and racing funding, they can just as easily lump the standardbreds with the runners and decide to gut the whole funding mechanism or cut it to the bone. Time will tell but people should be getting nervous. Very nervous.<br />
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<b>WEG has announced their intention</b> to move harness racing to Mohawk (or should we say Woodbine at Mohawk Park) starting in 2018 year round, investing $10 million to winterize the facility. Is this good for the sport or bad? Some worry about the sport moving out of Toronto to Milton (approximately 31 miles) full time as well as the additional cost in shipping to Mohawk year round. No doubt this is a problem for some, but being located at a dedicated facility (with a casino) rather than being the stepchild at a track where thoroughbreds are a priority should outweigh the negatives.<br />
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Another issue is would the horseplayers get fatigue with racing at one facility twelve months a year? No more than they get fatigued with racing on the Woodbine-Mohawk circuit already. If racing was worried about fatigue, it would shut down for the winter months. Fans may get fatigued but the hard core players have no problem with racing year roundThat Blog Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-75453887904664373622017-06-06T17:54:00.001-04:002017-06-06T17:54:20.177-04:00Answers to Some QuestionsYesterday, I posted a link to Bob Marks, <a href="http://www.drf.com/news/marks-wealth-questions-my-mind">excellent column</a> over at <i>DRF Harness</i> about questions he would like to have answers to. Well, with his permission, here are my responses to his questions; admittedly some answers are bit cynical.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Regarding why so few horses qualify at Yonkers even though they want to race there and why they are qualifying at the Meadowlands.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> No one wants to go over the half mile oval if they don’t have to.
Besides, who wants to deal with the traffic to get to Yonkers if they don’t
have to? My question is, what happened to the rule if you qualify at the
Meadowlands, you need to make your first start there?</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Why drivers don't question driving in front of near-empty grandstands. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">They are too busy counting
their money to care.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Regarding why can't all tracks agree '0' minutes to post time is post time and coordinate times accordingly. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">You mean you
want tracks to coordinate and stick to their guns about post time being post
time? Then again, if we can’t agree to this, why should we expect to work
together on other issues?</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">The secret handle and attendance figures. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Handle is meaningless. As for attendance, how depressed do you
want people to get? But why we are at it, we hear about syndicates
getting deals to wager directly into track pools. How much money are they
wagering and what do they pay into the purse account?</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Why
don’t programs list disclaimers for often irrelevant elimination races and
preps? Or don’t we care that good money is often burned on starters
seeking to just qualify for the Final? </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">The practical thing would be
to have races for top money earners and a decent purse for a consolation for
the next group of horses, but that would be a change from the way we do it so
bettors beware. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Why are feature races at the end of the card when many people have cleared out? </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">In fairness, this is what the runners do and it works for them. If
this was our only problem.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Shouldn't our optimum races be carded when the most people are at the track? </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Well, if we raced at post time, this problem could be solved without
trying</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Would
it be so hard to synchronize post times so that races, especially feature
races, don’t overlap each other? It would
seem that if we were ever to have a harness racing channel that would be
mandatory. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Yes, it would be mandatory with a harness racing channel. BTW,
wasn’t that supposed to happen? What happened to that idea?</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Why
are so many races carded for “winners over $10,000 lifetime” or perhaps
“winners over $25,000 lifetime” when theoretically almost every horse on the
grounds would fit that condition. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Because racing secretaries don’t have
enough horses to write classes, (heaven forbid they go with classified racing
again)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Just
how does an extended pari-mutuel race differ from a non-extended one assuming
there is such a thing? This is primarily an Ohio issue. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">When you win a race at Upper Sandusky, Ohio in a pari-mutuel
race, do you really want to consider this the same as winning a race at Scioto Downs? </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">How
come at one track the preferred class is a step-up from the open class while at
another track the reverse may be true. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">I suspect this is more the case of a
racing secretary admitting what kind of racing stock he/she has to work with</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Have
you ever heard anyone who just lost money betting on a horse race state, “That
was fun, maybe I could lose more money next race?” </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Only when not
sober.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Are
thoroughbred trainers permitted to own pieces of horses in barns other than
their own? </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">I dare say not.</span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
That Blog Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-91125463234591356362017-06-05T12:09:00.000-04:002017-06-05T16:27:23.252-04:00Are Playing Favorites Self Destructive?From the title of this blog entry, you may be thinking I am talking about handicapping the races. After all, if you play favorites all the time, odds are you will be losing. While this may be true, I am talking about race secretaries and the favoritism given to local horses (often the result of contract negotiations). Take this condition for example:<br />
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With this condition, you are basically saying if you are a local horse, you can be a non-winner of $7,200 in the last five starts of $12,000 in 2017; a significant advantage for a trainer. <br />
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While I understand the logic, isn't this another case of rewarding the horseman at the expense of the handicapper? Yes, the horseplayer will be able to see some horses are getting a class advantage over others, but if it results in lower payoffs, it really doesn't benefit the horseplayer.<br />
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Of course, this is not a 100% rule. Take a look at this condition:<br />
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Most people would agree Minnesota breeding is not up to par with breeding in surrounding states with slots so giving a local horse the benefit of an additional start may actually make a race more competitive; again depending on the state. You need to know the stature of the breeding program in the particular state to know whether or not the preference given to horses goes against your interest as the horseplayer.<br />
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Over at <i>DRF Harness,</i> <a href="http://www.drf.com/news/marks-wealth-questions-my-mind">Bob Marks asks the questions</a> many of us wonder about. Take a look and see if you can come up with some of the answers.<br />
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<b>You may have missed it:</b> Thunder Ridge Racetrack's season recently finished. Don't worry that you missed it, most people did. Racing moves to Player's Bluegrass Downs. <a href="https://www.caesars.com/bluegrass-downs/live-racing">Their website is out of date </a>(unless you want to know about the 2015 racing season), but at least there is some wagering taking place (in 2014, the lastest statistics available, total wagering at Bluegrass Downs was $19,595 vs. $1,327 at Thunder Ridge; no off-track wagering) The season starts on June 9. <br />
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<br />That Blog Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-66201209660824154702017-06-03T08:21:00.001-04:002017-06-03T08:21:44.029-04:00Another Florida DiscgraceThe famous Hialeah Park for all practical purposes is gone. A track of grander in its heyday, Hialeah has some of the best thoroughbred racing in the country with horses like Citation running on their track. Then, in a bit of deregulation genius, the other South Florida thoroughbred tracks killed off the track, seemingly for good.<br />
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Then the possibility of slots arose and the track rose from the dead. Not picking up thoroughbred racing, but going with the quarter horses. It no doubt lost money, but it was the cost of doing business.<br />
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Well, after three years of quarter horses, the track has descended into the joke <a href="http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/221865/few-turn-out-for-hialeahs-revised-quarter-horse-racing?utm_source=BHFB&utm_medium=social" target="_blank">which only can happen in the State of Florida.</a> They have gone the Gretna route. Having eight match races in each card; two quarter horses going against each other from a starting gate without doors; just waiting for someone to shout 'Go' and a quick dash of 110 yards (1/16th of a mile). Just enough racing to qualify for a casino license.<br />
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The reason for revamping their quarter horse program? To reduce its racing costs.<br />
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Do you think?<br />
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I know the harness horsemen are trying to fight of decoupling and such games haven't occurred with the trotters (probably because there is only one harness license in the state), but if this is the future of racing in Florida, someone turn the lights off and let it go for this is a disgrace.<br />
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In some ways, Florida is an anomaly, it shows you what can happen when you deregulate the racing industry, to allow for the survival of the fittest. First it was the best kept on going while the weak went away but in recent years, it has been a race to the bottom with racetracks hiring lawyers to find ways to exploit the laws to get their hands on card rooms and/or slot machines. Clearly, an experiment which went woefully wrong.<br />
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But as much as it is an anomaly, should decoupling ever become law in Florida, it will become a trendsetter for other states where racinos will be working to get rid of racing. This will be a battle in multiple states where already the question of why are we giving money to racing when it hasn't improved things is heard constantly in Maine, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere. You will have a confluence of casino operators seeking to shed racing and legislators looking to cut subsidies to racing; a formidable combination indeed. All it will take is for one leg of the foundation to be kicked out.<br />
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Scary times indeed.That Blog Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-74768591976975777442017-05-30T13:52:00.001-04:002017-05-30T13:52:52.699-04:00Parx Strikes Out for the Bettor, Are Harness Tracks Stepping Up?Parx Racing has <a href="http://www.drf.com/news/parx-cracks-down-medication-violations-hidden-ownership">instituted new rules effective June 1</a> (not retroactive) in an effort to protect the wagering public from drug cheats and hidden ownership. Any trainer who gets three drug positives (fine or suspension) or two drug suspensions within a 365 day period will find their stall privileges revoked and be evicted from the track, presumably unable to enter any horses at the track In addition, any horse which tests positive will be subject to a 45 day suspension and will not be able to be sold or transferred to anyone else who stables at Parx. If the horse is sold, it must be removed from the track property.<br />
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As for hidden ownership, any trainer who misrepresents the ownership of a horse which is actually owned in full or in part will find their stall assignments revoked as well as be reported to the racing commission.<br />
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Say what you want about suspending a horse from competition but owners hire trainers and they must be found culpable along with the trainer and if this means the horse is put in jail for 45 days so be it (they are free to race elsewhere).<br />
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Now granted, with most thoroughbreds stabled at the track. the denial of stalls makes it easier to punish trainers as most standardbred tracks no longer have on-track stabling, but most tracks lack the will to evict trainers. It should be noted this new policy was formulated with the local horsemen organization; and it will apply only after all appeals have been exhausted (i.e. due process).<br />
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With regards to horse ownership, there have been complaints of horses racing under hidden ownership. Whether the issue is as big as some complain is up for debate but trainers (and owners) who misrepresent horse ownership are committing a fraud and they should be expelled as well.<br />
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My question is which harness tracks are going to step up on behalf of the bettor?<br />
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It is good to know the horsemen and track are working together in the name of integrity but they are bound to be disappointed as these steps are being done to increase racing handle which they feel should be higher. Here is where they are wrong. If they want to increase handle, they should revisit their takeouts and reduce the 30% rake on trifectas and superfectas in addition to their 26% vig on pick-x wagers. (For the record, the Meadows takes 25% on trifectas and superfectas; Harrah's Philadelphia 30% trifecta and 32% superfectas; Pocono Downs 25% pick-x and high-fives and 30% on trifectas and superfectas). The takeout rates for all wagers at <a href="http://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Protect/RacingCommission/Documents/2017%20Horse%20and%20Harness%20Take-out%20rates.pdf">Pennsylvania tracks may be found here</a>.That Blog Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-36557108872047089522017-05-28T13:32:00.003-04:002017-05-28T13:32:47.285-04:00What Could Have Been; The Old Man Wins the ElitloppI was watching the Elitlopp broadcast today and thoughts of "What Could Have Been?" came to mind as I took the Swedish spectacle in.<br />
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What could have been if we didn't emphasize two and three year old racing? Timoko was the victor of the Elitlopp at the tender age of 10 years old. The average age of the Elitlopp competitors was 6.875 years old with the youngest being 5 and the oldest 12 (Spring Erom). Recognizable horses bring their own fan clubs with them to race, bring patriotism to the forefront, you would have thought you were watching the World Cup soccer tournament.<br />
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How could these horses breed if racing? Timoko spends part of his time in the breeding shed and it turns out one of his off-spring, Dreammoko, raced on the Elitlopp card in a race for 4 year olds. No, you wouldn't be able to breed a full North American book but you would be able to breed and race at the same time, continuing to connect with your fans as well as providing horses for yearling sales.<br />
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What could have been if we gave the public what they wanted? The entire day was spent listening to the roughly 35-40,000 in attendance having a great time. Chanting, clapping, singing all day long. I realize not every event in Sweden has a crowd as large or boisterous, but the fact you people coming to the races for a good time is important. Yes, they probably didn't bet much but they give something just as important as betting, relevance. The sport is relevant in Sweden (and other European countries) so it gets covered; it's not a sport being contested in isolation.<br />
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Now I realize the North American model of breeding means horses will stop racing as soon as possible to go to stud if there is a chance of commercial success; this is part of the American mind-set. This is something we won't change, but we certainly could give the American horse player what they want. Racing with action, not just the same old same old race. Races with different distances (I know we won't go with vault starts) and more horses in races for betting purposes (one or two races today had 15 horses going to post). Lastly, a truly entertaining experience. These are things we could do but we refuse to do so.<br />
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To continue doing the same thing is irrational as it is self-destructive. The question is when will the industry change to give the customers what they want? I suspect things have to get a lot worse before it gets better.<br />
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As for the Elitlopp, lets review it.<br />
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The first heat was won by Bold Eagle as expected, winning in a mile rate of 1:49.8 mile rate. It was an impressive mile as the Eagle was parked most of the way before he won like the champion he is.<br />
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After the elimination, people were ready to hand the trophy to the French trotter.<br />
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The second heat was won by Nuncio who led wire to wire but was challenged hard. He crossed the wire in a mile rate of 1:52.4, Timoko was in this heat and he managed to finish third.<br />
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With Nuncio's victory, the crowd got ready for the assumed battle between Nuncio and Bold Eagle. Timoko was an after thought. But then the race is won on the track, not on paper.<br />
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In the final, Timoko was the first to leave and he was wiring the field looking sharp but as they headed into the final turn that Bold Eagle and Nuncio would be challenging in the lane as they were stacked up three and four wide but clearly their first heat victories took it out of them. Timoko, who finished third in his elimination obviously had enough left in the tank for the final and he was victorious in a 1:51 mile rate..<br />
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Timoko was the winner with Propulsion picking up place honors with American entry Resolve taking the show spot. Bold Eagle finished fourth with Nuncio picking up the fifth spot.That Blog Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-13016285644151162222017-05-25T11:08:00.003-04:002017-05-25T11:08:57.740-04:00A Case for Dual Breed MeetsI recently <a href="https://youtu.be/G3XG_QKpc_E">viewed the commercial</a> being shown in Ontario movie theaters for harness racing and my first thought was why don't we have a similar commercial to be shown in American theaters? Then I realized such an endeavor would be a waste of money. <br />
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Sure from the backstretch view, harness racing is an exciting business and if presented properly, it would be an exciting gaming sport. But let's not kid ourselves. Run down facilities, expensive concessions, excessive time between races does not make an entertaining experience. Of course, if we can fix these short comings, it would be a different story.<br />
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Leaving run down facilities and expensive concessions for another day, let's look at cutting down the time between races. To fix the time between races issue, it probably would require a heretical step, a dual breed race card. Whether partnering with quarter horse or thoroughbred interests. alternating races where one breed races while the other preps for their race thus keeping the time between races to a minimum. There could be cross-breed and same-breed exotics satisfying those looking for a night out as well as single breed aficionados. In addition to cutting down the time between races for gamblers, it may also be a solution for the horse shortage as you would only need no more than six races of any one breed on a given race day.<br />
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<b>Over at <i>US Racing</i>,</b> Ray Cotolo provides his <a href="https://www.usracing.com/news/harness-racing/seven-standardbreds-watch-2017">list of seven standardbreds to watch in 2017</a>. Not only is it informative, but with Cotolo's wit makes his column an entertaining read.<br />
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<b>Kratom!</b> Sounds like the latest Marvel Super Hero getting a television show but if you thought this, you'd be wrong. It is a drug which Michael Weiner has been cited by the NYSGC <a href="http://www.harnessracing.com/news/nysuspendsweinerforkratompositives.html">for allegedly giving four of his horses </a>racing at Monticello. The board has suspended Weiner pending a hearing before the board where he faces the possibility of a license revocation and $25,000 fine.<br />
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<b>It wouldn't be a Molson Pace</b> race card without Foiled Again racing and this year is no different, except he is racing on the under card in a local Invitational Handicap. It will be interesting to see if he can defeat a field of B-track horses.<br />
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<b>There is a great weekend on tap</b> of racing starting with Western Fair District's Molson Pace on Friday followed by the Lismore and Art Rooney at Yonkers Raceway on Saturday. On Sunday, attention turns to Harrah's Philadelphia for a trio of Invitationals, the Betsy Ross (FM Pace), Maxie Lee Memorial (Open Trot), and Ben Stafford Jr Memorial (Open Pace). If you live near any of this tracks, it may be worth a visit to your track..That Blog Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-88087084067325420222017-05-16T09:11:00.001-04:002017-05-16T09:11:19.297-04:00Tone Deaf about WhippingLong time readers of this blog know my position on whipping; it is a problem which threatens the sustainability of this sport. Whether banning or reducing the amount of whipping and enforcing the rules, something must happen before the animal rights people go on the attack.<br />
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I understand there are readers who disagree with me and others on this position. The difference of opinions can be debated and hopefully an industry-wide compromise can be worked out but regardless of how you feel about whipping, most people realize it is a sensitive issue. Highlighting heavy whipping is just plain stupid.<br />
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But then there are those who must be tone deaf or are merely going through the motions when it comes to promoting the sport. Below is a video from 2012 which up to now is reachable from the <a href="http://www.northvilledowns.com/live-racing/">'Live Racing' page</a> of Northville Downs' website ('Exclusive You Tube Videos'). <br />
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We'll disregard who the driver in the video is, but to keep this video up (regardless of how old it is) doesn't serve the industry well. It suggests an attitude of 'Who cares?<br />
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A webcam video of a driver in a race is a good idea. One showing this type of whipping is a bad idea. May I suggest losing this video and replacing it with one or a driver who is not as heavy-handed using the whip?<br />
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.That Blog Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-9900337135373588882017-05-14T17:18:00.000-04:002017-05-15T16:02:54.994-04:00Christen Me N Causes Heart Attacks; Wins North American PM DebutHearts were stopping in the simulcast world when Christen Me N was bet down to 3-5 only to jump off briefly before the start in his North American debut at Harrah's Philadelphia Sunday afternoon. While he got back on stride quickly, it appeared he was rough gaited when a recall was called. When he returned to the paddock, a quick equipment change was made.<br />
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Meanwhile, once the hearts started again, bettors had to make a decision as to whether or not to hold on to their wagers or cancel them to pass on the race or switch allegiances. What to do?<br />
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Well, a good number decided to cancel their tickets, which for those who decided to hold pat was good as Christen Me N rose from 3-5 to 2-1. His supporters were rewarded, though it was not the romp some may have been expecting.<br />
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When the starting gate opened, Christen Me was brought into the race conservatively, being off the gate when it opened. By the time the field hit the quarter in :26.2, Tim Tetrick was able to get the 9 year old gelding into fifth along the wood after which Tetrick decided to move out half way through the second panel to get into fourth by the time they hit the second station.in :55,4<br />
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It was the overland route indeed as the New Zealand was waiting for cover to develop which didn't happen until the field past the third station in 1:22.2. Following Poisonous, Christen Me waited till the top of the stretch (a length behind the leader Always at My Place) to go four wide to come home the fastest of all to win by a head in a 1:51 mile with Poisonous winning a tight photo to finish second while Scott Rocks took show honors.<br />
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He is indeed a good one but it helped he was racing in non-winners of $21,000 in the last 5 starts class and not in top company, for I believe he would have gone down to defeat. Of course,after that rough beginning, Tim Tetrick raced him conservatively. /Once the Jo Ann Looney-King and Jim King are able to diagnose the cause of the rough start and Tetrick is able to race Christen Me all out, it will be interesting to see how good he really will be here in North America.That Blog Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-68259567250832181412017-05-10T16:02:00.000-04:002017-05-10T16:02:01.453-04:00Nickel Claimers<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Meadowlands has gone where it has never gone before with the standardbreds. On Friday evening, there is a F&M conditioned tilt for non-winners of $2,000 in last five starts going for a purse of $5,000 and to top that (or is it bottom that?), Saturday has a race for $5,000 claimers going for a purse of $4,500.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is obvious the Meadowlands is having a problem to attract horses to fill the card, but it is more a case of the horse shortage taking its toll. One has to look at Vernon Downs and see they cancelled Friday's race card when only 55 horses entered the box, 25 horses short of what they typically need. Vernon took those races and split them between Saturday and Sunday to fill out those two cards.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the Meadowlands racing only two days a week, going to one day a week is not really an option. Fortunately, with Freehold closing last week, the Meadowlands was able to card these races and draw some Freehold shippers up North.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, it is a question of free competition and the lack of slots is hurting the Meadowlands greatly The shame is if the race meets were coordinated, there would be no need to drop down to nickel claimers. Unfortunately, the days of coordinating race meets seems to be a thing of the pass.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But while there will be those taking delight in the Meadowlands hard times, it is important to remember, with the exception of Mohawk, no harness track in North America will out-handle the Meadowlands. We know which product the public prefers.</span><br />
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<br />That Blog Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-45718639127942240582017-05-09T08:42:00.003-04:002017-05-09T10:26:13.578-04:00Adams Takes Lead in Hambletonian Grand Circuit Handicapping Challenge<div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 9.0pt;">
(May 9, 2017) – <span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">With
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Challenge this past week, the possibility of the standings being shuffled
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</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Once the dust settled Russ Adams moved up two places to claim the lead
with a total of 329.31 points versus Rusty Nash’s 315.</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Last week’s leader Matt Rose fell back to
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The key to this past
week was Saturday’s (May 6) races at Freehold Raceway and the Meadowlands. Favorites ruled the day and Adams and Terry
Wilson jumped on the bandwagon, both tabbing five out of six winners. While each had five winners, Adams’
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majority of handicappers selecting Hannelore Hanover in the Miami Valley
Distaff Trot on Sunday (May 7), none of the handicappers selected the winner
Charmed Life. The best the handicappers
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Shadow ($3.40) didn’t disappoint in the Chip Noble Memorial Pace. While seven handicappers had the winner, it
was Rusty Nash, the lone handicapper who selected second place Divas Image whose
($16.40, $7.80) dividends easily topped the favorite’s payoffs allowing him to
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<b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">1<sup>st</sup><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 44.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="60"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">2<sup>nd</sup><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" valign="bottom" width="144"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">Rusty Nash<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="108"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt;">315.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="84"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="90"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">60.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 26.25pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 44.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="60"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">3<sup>rd</sup><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" valign="bottom" width="144"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">Matt Rose<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="108"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt;">278.96<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="84"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="90"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">16.80<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 26.25pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 44.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="60"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">4<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" valign="bottom" width="144"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">Gordon Waterstone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="108"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt;">205.55<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="84"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="90"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">(54.60)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 26.25pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 44.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="60"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">5<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" valign="bottom" width="144"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">Bryan Owen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="108"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt;">181.23<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="84"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="90"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">(39.90)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 26.25pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 44.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="60"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">6<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" valign="bottom" width="144"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">Michael Carter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="108"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt;">177.69<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="84"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="90"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">(60.90)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 26.25pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 44.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="60"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "ca" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">7th<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" valign="bottom" width="144"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">Ray Garnett<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="108"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt;">172.36<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="84"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="90"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">(25.70)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 26.25pt; mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 44.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="60"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "ca" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">8th<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" valign="bottom" width="144"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">Megan Maccario<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="108"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt;">171.98<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="84"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="90"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">(68.00)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 26.25pt; mso-yfti-irow: 10;">
<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 44.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="60"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">9th<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" valign="bottom" width="144"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">Steve Horoky<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="108"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt;">168.71<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="84"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="90"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">(61.90)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 26.25pt; mso-yfti-irow: 11;">
<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 44.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="60"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">10th<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" valign="bottom" width="144"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">Dennis O’Hara<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="108"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt;">157.31<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="84"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="90"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">(70.20)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr style="height: 26.25pt; mso-yfti-irow: 12;">
<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 44.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="60"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">11th<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" valign="bottom" width="144"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">Jay Hochstetler<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="108"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt;">146.55<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="84"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="90"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">(34.80)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</tr>
<tr style="height: 26.25pt; mso-yfti-irow: 13;">
<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 44.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="60"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">12th<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" valign="bottom" width="144"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">Terry Wilson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="108"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt;">137.55<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="84"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="90"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">(85.50)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr style="height: 26.25pt; mso-yfti-irow: 14;">
<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 44.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="60"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">13th<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" valign="bottom" width="144"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">Adam Friedland<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="108"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt;">121.10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="84"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">0<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="90"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">(35.20)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 26.25pt; mso-yfti-irow: 15;">
<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 44.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="60"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">14th<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" valign="bottom" width="144"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">Sally Hinckley<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="108"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt;">117.92<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="84"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="90"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">(87.60)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 26.25pt; mso-yfti-irow: 16;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 44.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="60"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "ca" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">15th<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" valign="bottom" width="144"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">Anne Stepien<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="108"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt;">108.09<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="84"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="90"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">(96.90)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 26.25pt; mso-yfti-irow: 17; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 44.75pt;" valign="bottom" width="60"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "ca" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">16th<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 1.5in;" valign="bottom" width="144"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">Ray Cotolo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="108"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 9pt;">86.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="bottom" width="84"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">0<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 26.25pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: .75pt 5.4pt .75pt 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="bottom" width="90"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">(31.90)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
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sponsored by Adam Friedland, <i>DRF Harness</i>, Green Acquisition
Corporation, The Hambletonian Society, Hoosier Park Racing and Casino,
Meadowlands Racing and Entertainment, Northfield Park, Ontario Harness Horse
Association, Red Shores Charlottetown/Summerside, Tioga Downs, Vernon Downs,
Wellbourne Farms, and WEG Entertainment.
The contest is administered by HANA Harness, the harness racing division
of HANA, the Horseplayers Association of North America. Fans may follow the challenge by visiting the
contest site at </span><a href="http://hanaharnesscontest.blogspot.com/"><span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">http;//hanaharnesscontest.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
That Blog Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-17426560359079935932017-05-07T14:58:00.000-04:002017-05-07T14:58:53.398-04:00An Example as to why the Sport has to ChangeYesterday, the HANA Harness-operated Hambletonian Society Grand Circuit Handicapping Challenge had six contest races; three at Freehold and three at the Meadowlands. Two of the handicappers selected five out of six winners, meaning they earned a fictional $2 win, place, and show payoff on each of their selected horses. One of the handicappers finished off the board in the race they didn't hit, the other collected the show payoff.<br />
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That Blog Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-38999985439035379332017-04-25T15:30:00.003-04:002017-04-25T15:30:41.764-04:00Who Said This?Who said the following comments? They all were said by the same individual.<br />
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<i>“I have seen a lot of sport over my career but I’ve never seen a sports industry that is so fragmented”.</i></div>
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<i>“They have to work together. There is not a lot of ‘team’ going on here. It’s all about individuals and individual concerns. But you don’t save an industry by saving your own skin".</i></div>
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<i>“We challenge the industry to work more collaboratively than ever before because, if the same destructive behaviors we have heard about throughout this review persist, then this puts the industry at grave risk at a time when it may be at its weakest.”</i></div>
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You could probably think of several people who may have said this, but truth is while these comments could describe the American (and arguably the Canadian) harness racing industry, these comments were not made by an American, these are the words of <a href="http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/superracing/sa-racing/brian-cunningham-says-sa-harness-racing-industry-must-change-or-perish/news-story/7f871c34fa5b361c0cdad51c289334aa">Brian Cunningham</a>, the leading administrator for Harness Racing SA (South Australia) in describing the situation facing the industry in his part of the world.</div>
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It goes to show you different areas have similar problems. Whether America, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, .... well, you get the idea. All areas which have problems with harness racing. It also makes sense the solutions are probably similar if not the same. So what are the proposed solutions? </div>
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Cunningham <a href="https://indd.adobe.com/view/c9861676-ee20-4b76-a66e-6938de37cf23">came up with some recommendations </a>such as having all the tracks fall in line and follow the direction of the governing body (with HRSA having more power than they currently do). We can go through all the <a href="https://indd.adobe.com/view/c9861676-ee20-4b76-a66e-6938de37cf23">recommendations</a> but this is something you can do at your own leisure. <br />
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Yes, racing in the United States is legally framed differently than in Australia, but with some work, we can get close to proposals in the South Australian report.</div>
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The point is, there comes a time when horsemen, tracks, and breeders have to give up their provincialism and accept the fact each segment of the industry depends on the other for success; it is time to think in terms of 'we', not 'me'. </div>
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I am not suggesting the USTA commission another study; they have already generated Zielinski Report 1 and the sequel, Zielinski Report #2. You can see how the r<a href="http://viewfromthegrandstand.blogspot.com/2010/04/indictment-against-industry-zielinski.html">ecommendations were carried out;</a> very little. I suggest those in the American harness racing industry read the Australian report and see what parts are applicable (or can be made to be applicable) to the American market. I suspect a good part of the report applies. We just need each segment of the industry to have their visionaries work together.</div>
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You may be asking why would we do this? Well, in British Columbia, this is the only unrestricted stakes race open to 3yo pacing colts and geldings the whole year and if we bring attention to racing off the beaten path, why not do it? The purse is a healthy $75,000, no small change wherever you race. <br />
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<b>9th Pace - Fraser Downs - $75,000; Keith Linton Memorial (3yo C&G) Final</b><br />
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<b>1 American Dreamer (Kelly O Hoerdt, 4-1) </b>- Horse started the year of at the Meadowlands where he qualified in 1:56.1 before being sent west. Won a race at Northlands Park and Century Downs and finished second in his elimination. Looks like he can improve with move to rail. One of the main contenders and my pick.<br />
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<b>2 Beer O Clock (John D Chappell, 5-1)</b> - Finished 2nd in his elim. Winner of 3 for 7 this year. Best efforts have been on the engine so expect this one to try to wire the field. <br />
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<b>3 Mateo (James J Burke, 6-1)</b> - Another representative of Alberta, made season debut in his elimination and finished a credible third. Will need to improve to factor in race. I will pass.<br />
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<b>4 Wonder Bull (J Brandon Campbell, 10-1)</b> - Would be a huge shocker to do something here. Pass.<br />
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<b>5 Senga Nitro (Ryan Grundy, 7-2)</b> - Winner of $74K in last five starts, including his elimination in 1:56.3, his seasonal debut. Clearly the one to beat on paper. My concern is most of his action has been in Alberta-restricted races. Figures to try to track #6. Will he bounce? Could be. Will take a stab elsewhere.<br />
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<b>6 Da Magician (Serge Masse, 3-1)</b> - Winner of his elimination in 1:56.2 but show a 1;53.4 victory in non-winners of 6 races lifetime. Seemingly one dimensional front runner. Logical favorite. Can't fault. <br />
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<b>7 Milbanks Bar (Rod Therres, 12-1)</b> - Well beaten fourth. Another one to toss.<br />
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<b>8 Mach Steady (Paul B Davies, 15-1)</b> - Bad form, bad post. Need I say more?<br />
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<b>9 Bakardi Gold (Jim R Marino, 8-1)</b> - Finished third to #6. Draws poorly but has raced well of late. Don't ignore in exotics as figures to land share.<br />
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<b>10 Fanchastic (Scott L Knight, AE)</b> - Lowest money earner in field. Nothing to recommend. If he scratches in, it would be a shocker for him to win. A toss.<br />
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Selection: 1-6-2-5<br />
<br />That Blog Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-16050026823758926062017-04-13T14:22:00.002-04:002017-04-13T14:22:30.083-04:00Vernon on IceNews broke earlier today that <a href="http://xwebapp.ustrotting.com/absolutenm/templates/article.aspx?articleid=74319&zoneid=1">Vernon Downs will not open their race meet</a> as scheduled on Friday, April 21 in a dispute with the state over taxes, specifically the tax rate the casino pays. Since the opening of the Yellow Brick Road, Lago, and Rivers casinos, Vernon Downs loses roughly $150K a month when they aren't racing. With racing a money loser, there is no way Vernon can open their race meet if the racino is already in the red before they start. <br />
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The track says they will open once they are given assurances relief is coming, willing not to wait until the legislation is signed but if relief is not forthcoming, it may be the death knell of racing, if not for the entire racino facility.<br />
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In a possibly-related subject, there is an apparent shortage of horses already stabled on the grounds. Were racing to begin on schedule, with the current horse population, it may be hard to get two race cards per week scheduled. Whether it is a case of horsemen hearing rumors of a stalemate with the state and the related uncertainty surrounding the tracks viability, who knows. After all it is rumored many trainers, who were dissatisfied with the carding of Miracle Mile races and the way other races were combined to fill fields, are not planning on returning.<br />
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Right now Vernon Downs is on ice. If things don't improve all around, it may be going into the deep freeze.That Blog Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-9026407178894666272017-04-04T09:34:00.001-04:002017-04-04T09:34:06.516-04:00Rebate Envy?Well, the last post had some good comments and then a nerve appears to have been hit regarding the subject of rebates. There is the argument that rebates are needed to allow big gamblers to 'win' versus the more recreational bettor who resent these players are given an advantage they don't get.<br />
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My personal feeling as an admittedly recreational player is offering rebates to whales while the little guy has to play against the full rake is patently unfair. Yes, I know in the business world volume rebates are0 part of the pricing scheme but it seems to be wrong here. If tracks can offer rebates to the whales, they should cut the takeout so everyone gets the benefit. Quite honestly, if it wasn't the fact I enjoy harness racing, I would have stopped playing the horses a long time ago because of the 'unfair' advantage some players are given. The fact there isn't another gambling game I like is another reason I still play the trotters.<br />
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Mind you, the issue of rebates for players involves all forms of horse racing, it is not a unique harness racing issue but one has to wonder with racing trying to attract new horseplayers, what chance does it have to attract knowledgeable gamblers when they find out they are playing against gamblers who get rebates while they get none.<br />
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Thoughts?That Blog Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-6814546021825676152017-04-01T10:50:00.001-04:002017-04-01T10:50:05.853-04:00Time to Close the Passing LaneWell, if the <a href="http://viewfromthegrandstand.blogspot.com/2017/03/handicapper-opinion-sought.html">comments from horseplayers and industry insiders</a> are any indication, it's time to get rid of the passing lane. Clearly the passing lane has tapped down the number of horses willing to rough it and make moves during the race, being more content to sit in the pocket. Couple this with the slot-infused purses which make a risky move a potentially expensive risk, the game has become predictable, complete with low payoffs.<br />
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Yet, who will be the first track to eliminate the passing lane (the question posed in the other blog entry was prompted by a request of an anonymous industry group)? More importantly, will even one passing lane be closed? For an industry which seems to be scared to make any moves, it would be an act of courage to eliminate the passing lane. The ironic thing, with most tracks now gaining the benefit of slots, what is the real risk of making a mistake with regards to the passing lane? If no track will be the first one to eliminate the passing lane, how can we expect the industry to make any significant changes?<br />
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I challenge racetracks to close the passing lane. The physical cost to change the track initially doesn't need to be expense, just buy a bunch of construction cones and put them down along the course where the passing lane would be to close it off and if it turns out getting rid of the lane was a mistake, all which is needed is to pick up the cones; if it is a success, then a more permanent closure of the passing lane can be done.<br />
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Let's see which (if) track is not afraid of their own shadow.That Blog Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-87672299184012824992017-03-28T08:01:00.001-04:002017-03-28T08:04:02.465-04:00Handicappers' Opinions Sought <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A
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Don't get me wrong, the integrity scandals of my youth have certainly hurt the game. When I first got interested in harness racing, I heard criticism as to how can I be interested in the trotters as it is all fixed? The fact is thoroughbred racing has had its own share of cheating so there must be more to the decline in harness racing handle besides integrity issues.<br />
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It boils down to the quality of the product. Gamblers realize harness racing is not a quality game when compared to the runners. Sure it may be easier to learn but at what benefit? When you are trying to beat a 18% rake and you run up against a constant parade of low prices, what is the risk/reward ratio?<br />
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Newer equipment may have improved speeds in horses but in this case, speed kills the game. How many races are decided in the opening first half with the front runner taking a tuck and retake with no one willing to be the one to play hardball? The innovation of the passing lane, which made sense when first implemented is one of the worst things to have happened as it discourages movement in a race. <br />
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Thoroughbreds race at varying distances and surfaces while 99% of harness racing is conducted at the mile distance. The varied distances and changing surfaces allows for a level of intrigue which helps boost prices. Harness racing for all practical purposes is missionary racing, plain and bland. A boring game with relatively low prices is not a gaming product attracting gambling dollars.<br />
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For harness racing to grow its wagering handle it needs to change the game, accept innovation which makes handicapping challenging and interesting with larger mutuel prices, or stay vanilla and watch wagering continue to decline. Slots or no slots, handle matters with regards to maintaining casino subsidies. <br />
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The sport has approached a crossroad, which way it goes remains to be seen.That Blog Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-4369802491129559362017-03-21T17:25:00.001-04:002017-03-21T17:25:16.917-04:00Simulcasting Says it All I can't help but notice all the press releases talking about tracks opening early on Saturday for the Dubai World Cup, finding them online as well as on the Standardbred Canada and USTA websites. I understand the World Cup is a significant event, especially with Arrogate racing, so it is fair enough to see the tracks sign-on.<br />
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However, I can't help but wonder if the harness tracks have given up on harness racing as part of their purse structure. Sure, the tracks have wagering on harness racing, but how many harness tracks (or their ADWs) have taken wagering on races from Europe or Australasia (there are a finite number of smaller ones which may)? When did they take wagers on the Prix d' Amerique or the Elitlopp? The Meadowlands had taken wagers on the Prix a few times, but the handle was so abysmal they couldn't bother doing it again. The Elitlopp which usually gets a North American horse or two, no wagering. Heck, even Yonkers Raceway which has a deal with PMU to send their races over to France can't bother taking any of the French races. How many of us complain about a race at our favorite harness track not being show live on television because of a race of $2,000 claimers at some thoroughbred track in Western Canada?<br />
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The fact is those tracks which live on handle depend on thoroughbred signals to keep up purses. As bad as the Meadowlands purses have fallen, could you imagine what the purses would be like if it depended solely on wagering on harness racing (live and imported)? <br />
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Of course, tracks will blame the bettors for abandoning the trotting game for the runners but they would be wrong. You can't even blame it on takeout rates (though this is a big problem) or the game being stale. At one time harness racing handle could hold its own to the runners but now, harness racing handle had dropped precipitously compared to the runners. The blame lies with the industry's cavalier (or non-existent) concern about integrity.<br />
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I realize the harness game started as a family business but with the scandals of the past, trainers owning horses and sometimes driving them leads people to some concern, but add to that cousin Joey racing against cousin Ralph, and possibly Uncle Ben as well as horses going to some obscure trainer who runs their way up the standings and people wonder the worse. <br />
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What the answer is I don't know, but one thing is for certain, if the industry doesn't get behind integrity big time. The harness game will all but disappear.That Blog Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-77177017123069959632017-03-20T08:10:00.001-04:002017-03-20T09:06:53.249-04:00'Knowledge' vs 'Proof'; Bundling to Eliminate Post Time DragLast week, Joe Faraldo <a href="http://viewfromthegrandstand.blogspot.com/2017/03/faraldo-takes-on-beards.html">came out with a proposal to identify the presence of beards</a>. This week in HRU, one writer questioned why we need to have such a detailed proposal, arguing you know when a beard is being used. The writer also questions the use of 'beard', as if it may not exist. Sadly, we know beards do exist, the question is how big a problem it really is.<br />
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The problem is while you may 'know' who is using a beard, the fact is once in a while you may be wrong. Should someone be tossed out of the business when they didn't commit a fraud upon the racing public? Of course not, this is why Faraldo's proposal is important; it bases guilt on fact. Sure, a large racing enterprise could conceivably generate false receipts, but when the commission gathers bank statements or goes to the one of the individuals the trainer claims to have paid and don't see the deposit, it becomes obvious an even deeper fraud takes place.<br />
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Good regulation takes time, not snap judgement. It stinks when racing participants and horse players suffer when people know a trainer is using a beard, but it is a bigger crime when someone is iced without evidence. This is part of the rules of racing, due process and the ability of someone to defend themselves. Hence, Faraldo's proposal needs to be seriously considered and implemented as quickly as possible.<br />
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The creeping post time, is the bane of most handicappers. After all, what is more frustrating than seeing the horses come out for post parade at post time, meaning you have another ten minutes until off time? I understand the reasoning for the post time crawl, it doesn't make it right. However, for a business hard pressed to earn revenue, especially when a non-slot track is involved, it is hard to lose revenue. What can be done about this?<br />
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Let me once again bring up the idea of a simulcast network. Not only would it allow multiple signals to be sold and bundled together to racetracks and ADWs, it would also allow a coordination of post times. For example, let's say a simulcast network of WEG, Meadowlands, Tioga Downs, Vernon Downs, and Northfield Park was created (realizing each track doesn't race every night). The tracks could set post times with the flexibility to change post times of other races due to inquiries or other unanticipated delays. Hence, for the simulcast and ADW customer, racing would continue one race to another without significant delays and since multiple tracks are connected via the network, the need to go past post time for wagers would not be as important.<br />
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Revisiting bundled signals is something which needs to be revisited.<br />
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