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11-12-2020, 01:37 PM
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GP West announcer
Who's announcing at Gulfstream West today? It's not Pete.
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11-12-2020, 05:34 PM
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#2
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Harness racing Fan
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Long Island, New York
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Darin Gagne, harness announcer at Running Aces in Minnesota
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11-12-2020, 09:13 PM
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@TimeformUSfigs
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Moore, OK
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I had no idea there was a harness track in Minnesota!
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11-12-2020, 09:17 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2018
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cj
I had no idea there was a harness track in Minnesota!
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Unfortunately, I had an idea.
Lot of late nights at OTB...lol
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11-13-2020, 08:09 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cj
I had no idea there was a harness track in Minnesota!
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I believe Canterbury ran harness in the 80's and 90's
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11-13-2020, 10:12 PM
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They still race there.
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11-13-2020, 10:47 PM
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@TimeformUSfigs
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Moore, OK
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Quote:
Originally Posted by iwearpurple
They still race there.
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Harness racing? I know thoroughbreds and quarters, but think harness ended a long time ago.
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11-13-2020, 11:35 PM
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Grinding at a Poker Table
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 4,902
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cj
I had no idea there was a harness track in Minnesota!
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And they have a Texas Holdem Poker Room there too. I was tentatively planning a first-time visit to Running Aces in 2020 before everything shut down.
Maybe in 2021 or 2022!
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11-14-2020, 05:31 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cj
Harness racing? I know thoroughbreds and quarters, but think harness ended a long time ago.
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Closing day was October 4 this year, and per their website they plan on live racing again in 2021.
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11-14-2020, 06:42 PM
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Out-of-town Jasper
Join Date: Nov 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cj
Harness racing? I know thoroughbreds and quarters, but think harness ended a long time ago.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by iwearpurple
Closing day was October 4 this year, and per their website they plan on live racing again in 2021.
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Just to clarify, Canterbury has not had harness racing for several years. Running Aces' meet ended October 4th.
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11-14-2020, 09:01 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by therussmeister
Just to clarify, Canterbury has not had harness racing for several years. Running Aces' meet ended October 4th.
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Correct.
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11-18-2020, 02:20 PM
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Location: Clarksville, AR
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Today's 4th marked the second time (in a very limited watching of his GPW race calls) where the fill-in announcer did not catch that a horse (in this case the #1) did not get away from the gate, and just described him during the race as if he was at the rear of the field.
I'd surmise that this is due to things like this not happening in harness (or at least being more immediately visible in relation to the rest of the field).
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Tom in NW Arkansas
Past performances are no guarantee of future results. - Why isn't this disclaimer printed in the Daily Racing Form?
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11-18-2020, 11:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BarchCapper
Today's 4th marked the second time (in a very limited watching of his GPW race calls) where the fill-in announcer did not catch that a horse (in this case the #1) did not get away from the gate, and just described him during the race as if he was at the rear of the field.
I'd surmise that this is due to things like this not happening in harness (or at least being more immediately visible in relation to the rest of the field).
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From what I've heard they have a makeshift announcer's booth(the building is gone). It may be hard to see things when you're not used to the setup.
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11-19-2020, 12:46 PM
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Registered User
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Location: Clarksville, AR
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Quote:
Originally Posted by affirmedny
From what I've heard they have a makeshift announcer's booth(the building is gone). It may be hard to see things when you're not used to the setup.
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Absolutely correct - I had forgotten about that. It's essentially a shipping container about 10 feet off the ground. I now remember Jason Beem talking about certain things he wasn't able to see given the lines of sight afforded.
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Tom in NW Arkansas
Past performances are no guarantee of future results. - Why isn't this disclaimer printed in the Daily Racing Form?
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