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Originally Posted by whyhorseofcourse
Harness is in trouble in ohio!
Ohio needs a casino.
Northfield has got a pretty impressive handle going now (It handles more money than any other half mile track in my opinion.
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Not when Maywood is running
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Originally Posted by whyhorseofcourse
But other tracks like Raceway Park.
Horses running for a purse of $1200??? How is that appealing to owners?
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Well, they are $1000 horses. All over the midwest there are farms
with standardbred horses stabled that will race at county fairs for $600 purses.
They will always find a way to race their horses, believe me.
Harness racing will be fine as soon as the current situation passes into the
next critical situation. It's always something with these guys. I tell you,
it's a Hatield and McCoy thing.
Allowing Ledford back makes my stomach hurt. Indiana has adopted more
stringent testing and monitoring rules. The program is known as Integrity '06.
http://www.in.gov/hrc/index.html
The IHRC is meeting Wendsday, and I read somewhere (source unverified)
that they are considering additional rules for anabolic steroid testing. Plus,
I anticipate they will consider more racing dates in the future for both tracks.
Maybe I will post more information here after the IHRC meeting, there might
be some interesting notes to share with folks.
Murph
