tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post4438253745126715386..comments2024-02-27T17:43:37.207-05:00Comments on View From the Racetrack Grandstand: A Little Monte Racing and the Road to the Prix d' Amerique BeginsThat Blog Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-40910227740023269852015-11-23T18:22:17.443-05:002015-11-23T18:22:17.443-05:00I stand corrected regarding the standing start.
I...I stand corrected regarding the standing start.<br /><br />I also agree with you regarding how successful monte racing can be in the United States. Quite honestly, the problem is horsemen who refuse to change plus the thoroughbred industry which will claim monte racing is not harness racing and should be conducted through them (which we know they won't).That Blog Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-65932541760699452982015-11-23T10:46:32.197-05:002015-11-23T10:46:32.197-05:00A few comments:
1. This is not a standing start....A few comments:<br /><br />1. This is not a standing start. This is a volte start (turn and go start or a walk-up start, but you can't leave before the starter allows, hence the "false starts"). A standing start used to be used with a rope or bungee across the track and is sometimes used down under.<br /><br />2. Notice how much was bet on the race? Around 200,000 Euros in each of the win and place (our show) pools. That doesn't include what's in the other pools. Those who think that monte races can't be successful should look at the facts in Europe. We don't have that much bet on our top harness stakes here.<br /><br />3. Those who think distance racing with large fields is boring should watch the Prix de Bretagne. Horses three wide much of the race. The first over horse breaks (meaning a dq). The lead horses die in the stretch and a number of horses come from behind. All in horrible weather.<br /><br />I saw the Prix de Bretagne on my honeymoon and hit for a 70 Euro winner. How they let the winner of the Copenhagen Cup get off at that price is beyond me. Even I can read a French program. :-)<br />Marvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07492130857796273001noreply@blogger.com