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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: Sunmoon 1219 on January 21, 2025, 10:49:19 PM
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I swear I saw Sunday racing at the swamp February and March . Now I don’t see it there . Freehold racing is removed at the swamp ?? Anyone know anything?
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Amazing that the track mgt would not issue a notice if these dates are being Cancelled being that they announced the dates and published them on their website racing dates schedule.
No respect for the horse players that support the product.
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Checking their website, I don't see the dates listed as live racing dates anymore. I know they announced they're racing Sundays in February and March. Were those dates ever listed on their calendar as live racing dates?
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Yes they were .!! Somethings up out East .
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they added those dates to August
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Pig land they were always on the August calendar. Something happened with the added Freehold dates .
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Amazing that the track mgt would not issue a notice if these dates are being Cancelled being that they announced the dates and published them on their website racing dates schedule.
No respect for the horse players that support the product.
Gural probably made the decision for two reasons, lack of horse inventory and it would cost him more out of pocket to race than not to race? If he saw it as a money maker, he most likely would raced those dates?
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Maybe he would have raced if he got Freehold's purse subsidy.
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Did they not get the subsidy? Is that what happened?
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Haven't heard anything but that could be the reason.
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Haven't heard anything but that could be the reason.
There may be a political process to be followed in order to get those subsidies moved to the Meadowlands and the state doesn’t move fast on anything?
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There may be a political process to be followed in order to get those subsidies moved to the Meadowlands and the state doesn’t move fast on anything?
this is probably the case
most would assume, including myself, that M1 receives the freehold share of the subsidy
not exactly sure-but I think the way NJ has it worded is that thoroughbreds get X amount and harness gets Y amount
if that is the case then Gural automatically gets it
good point about NJ being slow in these processes
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Pig land they were always on the August calendar. Something happened with the added Freehold dates .
They haven't taken any days away; (a few have been added) they appear to have been moved (from the Sundays on the earlier Calendar) to previously open dates in fall.
The Meadowlands have been racing 90 dates Per NJRC approval for the last few years, but the current calendar shows 94 dates?
I believe its still subject to changes.
Also, "The New Jersey Standardbred Development Fund races, formerly raced at Freehold Raceway, have been integrated into the schedule throughout the season, insuring no loss of racing opportunities to those horses".
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They switched them to fridays and Saturdays late summer and fall to the end of the year. Only dark from September 19 to October 24.
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Only Fridays and Saturdays this year, they lose too much money running other days.
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The purse subsidy for Freehold was through 2029 before they closed the track for good. Sounds like the NJRC is staying silent about this. I’m assuming if Gural doesn’t get the subsidy he’s not opening the track for the 2 months in February and March. I’m starting to think Gural may pull the plug on the Meadowlands soon. He wants a casino. South Jersey does not want that to happen. Typical nonsense in NJ.
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The purse subsidy for Freehold was through 2029 before they closed the track for good. Sounds like the NJRC is staying silent about this. I’m assuming if Gural doesn’t get the subsidy he’s not opening the track for the 2 months in February and March. I’m starting to think Gural may pull the plug on the Meadowlands soon. He wants a casino. South Jersey does not want that to happen. Typical nonsense in NJ.
I think Gural made it known he is giving the casino license 2 more years to happen or he’ll close the track? If that does happen, thank you Jeff for extending the life of harness racing an additional 12 years. If you didn’t save the track then, just think of the ramifications the entire industry would be enduring today. I sincerely appreciate your efforts of “cleaning” up the industry. I don’t think most people understand the reflection of harness racing with not only ALL the positives, but the ability for these criminals to kick the can down the road through the appeal process. The pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered, let the slaughtering begin.
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So there is a battle over the freehold subsidy or handout ?? What’s the problem just transfer the funds to the swamp and lets race out East . You guys walk over dollars and pick up Nickels .
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They switched them to fridays and Saturdays late summer and fall to the end of the year. Only dark from September 19 to October 24.
Monmouth has turf races on Fri and Sat at M1 in late Sept and most of October
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Looks like those Freehold dudes are out in the cold I guess. Looks like they watered down the swamp product to let some race this weekend.
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We heard out here no Sundays until after Hambo . They had 416 entries this week including 103 dated from the old freehold track . Yikes you guys out East never racing .
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We heard out here no Sundays until after Hambo . They had 416 entries this week including 103 dated from the old freehold track . Yikes you guys out East never racing .
Tell me about it. Been getting in every other week. Can’t wait for pocono to open.
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Maybe consolidate your junk and make 3 . 1
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Tell me about it. Been getting in every other week. Can’t wait for pocono to open.
Too bad out of 416 entries the quality of racing for the most part is just horrible. To me it looks like a bunch of Freehold type horses are filling 90% of the card
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no body on earth but gural would open the meadowlands,and hes not young
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Should bar all those freehold creatures
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I think Gural made it known he is giving the casino license 2 more years to happen or he’ll close the track? If that does happen, thank you Jeff for extending the life of harness racing an additional 12 years. If you didn’t save the track then, just think of the ramifications the entire industry would be enduring today. I sincerely appreciate your efforts of “cleaning” up the industry. I don’t think most people understand the reflection of harness racing with not only ALL the positives, but the ability for these criminals to kick the can down the road through the appeal process. The pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered, let the slaughtering begin.
finally somebody agrees with me you're a smart person.
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It’s official. No Sunday racing. Wonder if Gural will comment about it.