Jeff gural

[Brown jug]

looks like big m has reduced purses slightly ??

[SAW]

looks like big m has reduced purses slightly ??

Yes, some of the classes have dropped $500. I noticed a few last night also.

I believe they have done that in past years when there is less competition from other tracks?

[MCR]

And if he didn't pick up days people would be pissed...

[SAW]

And if he didn't pick up days people would be pissed...

He hasn't picked up any days.

[Harness racer]

The horse population is at it's highest now. Thursday night has no US Harness tracks. A few decent races with 10 horse field should do well. If you card all crap the handle reflects it.

Dover Downs biggest purse night is on Thursdays. 

[KING HAKU]

JG knows he can't win with Horsemen you can't make everybody happy. If you shut the place down somebody would be bitching if it's open somebody would be bitching you can't fucking win.

On top everything else you got a fucking RAT coming in there with a tape recorder in his pocket.... fucking MUTT can you imagine what Gural must have thought after the Mutt was exposed that he had a tape recorder in his pocket. Jeff was probably scratching his head saying who the fuck is this guy!

[stanetelman]

Meadowlands President Jeff Gural spoke about losing money, “Even though we spent over $100 million to build a beautiful new facility which caters to owners, it has not resulted in drawing people, even horse people, to come to the track.

“The reality is that for us to continue to conduct a 90-day harness racing meet, The Meadowlands, like all the other harness tracks in the Northeast, needs the revenue a casino generates to help fund purses and operating costs.

“Every year our main competitor, Yonkers, receives $50 million for purses while Pocono and Harrah’s Philly each get around $30 million in ancillary revenue from gaming. Without casino revenue, we receive only a $6 million grant from the state and unlike the other tracks, we share our sports betting revenue with the horsemen.

“The truth is harness racing only exists in NJ because I continue to underwrite the losses in the hope of getting a casino and making my investment pay off but I'm  not getting any younger and our customers are continuing to die off which weakens our case each year."

 

[KING HAKU]

Meadowlands President Jeff Gural spoke about losing money, “Even though we spent over $100 million to build a beautiful new facility which caters to owners, it has not resulted in drawing people, even horse people, to come to the track.

“The reality is that for us to continue to conduct a 90-day harness racing meet, The Meadowlands, like all the other harness tracks in the Northeast, needs the revenue a casino generates to help fund purses and operating costs.

“Every year our main competitor, Yonkers, receives $50 million for purses while Pocono and Harrah’s Philly each get around $30 million in ancillary revenue from gaming. Without casino revenue, we receive only a $6 million grant from the state and unlike the other tracks, we share our sports betting revenue with the horsemen.

“The truth is harness racing only exists in NJ because I continue to underwrite the losses in the hope of getting a casino and making my investment pay off but I'm  not getting any younger and our customers are continuing to die off which weakens our case each year."

Well folks that about sums it up. Spoken like a true businessman thank you for the informative post.