REMEMBER OHIO HORSEMEN, THAT IS OUR MONEY

[bond]

Back in the day professional handicappers in harness racing made their money off of the dead money in the pools.  Slots came and the dead money went there, add to that the race fixing and peds and most bettors left harness and handicappers were left out in the cold.

I favor places like the exchange that operates in NJ and many places worldwide.  Much easier to make money when there are no pari-mutuel pools where all the money comes in so late there is nothing you can do about it.

You hit the nail right on the head. Tbreds-offer many many betting options and have larger fields than 1/2 and 5/8 harness tracks-that allows places like exchanges to work. Exchanges wont come near harness with their small fields and lineups--thats why it needs to change. Maybe at the Meadowlands-but thats the only place it would work.Hopefully it will come-but Mr Gural has his finger in the pie-may be a problem. Its unbelievable how much action exchanges make overseas. Exchanges only work however-if the track makes money off it and it does not affect their handle too much on the tote-if it does-then they will not want it--thats why you may need to restructure the gambling if exchanges are to become more popular here.

[Harness Stats]

Nothing worse than betting a 4-5 shot who winds up at 1-9 after the late $ comes in.

Except if he loses and you never would have bet a penny at 1 - 9
Worst of the worst

[Powerful Patricks Ghost]

Removing the cheats by the FBI is a start.

The fact that you think this is a "start" and not the end shows how clueless you truly are.

The fact that it took a multi-million dollar FBI investigation to bring down some of the most blatant and obvious cheaters in harness shows the state of the game.

You talk about casinos wanting a partnership and to help out a 'flagging' game.

Horse people were like drug addicts who promised to get clean if they just got some money. Instead of getting clean they went out and bought a shitton more drugs. Both figuratively and literally.


You think a person can only talk about something they like if they are only positive all of the time. Have you ever been to any forum for a sport team? You can criticizing something you like and/or love.  Additionally, I've made eons of recommendations over the years that I liked to see happen in this sport.  Why put any effort into caring about something that puts no effort into fixing itself?


Let me ask this: has any person on here received a single email from a track during the shutdown? I've gotten hundreds of emails from places I've done business with letting me know their stance on Coronavirus, thanking me for loyalty, all of that jazz. Basic customer outreach. Where is horse racing in this? They show how much they don't care about your business, why should we care about theirs?