2019 Ontario Welfare

[wiggles44]

off to a great start for the 2019 season
 

Hiawatha Horse Park
Total Purse:  $36,700
Total Handle: $23,670

[wiggles44]

Saturday May 11

Hiawatha Horse Park
Total Purse:  $41,400
Total Handle: $18,343

Kawartha Downs
Total Purse:  $41,100
Total Handle: $33,672

Haiwatha still in the red, Kawartha starting in the red

 

[Artsplace]

How's about also listing the profitable ones and also speaking in terms of principles of materiality when you look at the losses at smaller tracks vs impact of closures. Idiot.

[Powerful Patricks Ghost]

"impact of closure" such a hollow argument. You could use that as an excuse to prop up most failing businesses...

[Artsplace]

"impact of closure" such a hollow argument. You could use that as an excuse to prop up most failing businesses...

Do the math and let us know which will cost Johnny Taxpayer more.

[Powerful Patricks Ghost]

Do the math and let us know which will cost Johnny Taxpayer more.

Many economics texts and studies have done the math: Subsidizing cost the taxpayer infinitely more...If subsidizing was such a net positive, then it would make sense to subsidize with infinity dollars.

[spaheaven]

They dont simulcast, at least not to east coast.

[DeeJennerit]

"impact of closure" such a hollow argument. You could use that as an excuse to prop up most failing businesses...

Agreed.  So tired of the "impact of closure" argument.  Treat it like any other business and let only the strong survive, which would make the product so much less watered down, so much better and might give the industry the boost it needs to start climbing the mountain again.  Christ, drivers might actually have to be competitive again instead of beer buddies.  Such simple business principles but the simpletons in harness racing can't figure it out because of their incessant entitlement.  The government didn't throw a bunch of money at Sears and Target and so many other long gone business when they went bad because of poor product, lack of attendance and so on.

Ugh, don't get me started... 

[PIGLAND]

i think if most would close the few left might be able to so a profit ,but as of now i dont think any track shows a profit

[wiggles44]

Saturday May 18

Hiawatha Horse Park
Total Purse:  $41,800
Total Handle: $17,646

Kawartha Downs
Total Purse:  $41,300
Total Handle: $32,682

 

[wiggles44]

Sunday May 19

Clinton Raceway
Total Purse:  $37,800
Total Handle: $42,026

Flamboro Downs
Total Purse:  $538,551
Total Handle: $538,374

[wiggles44]

Saturday May 25

Hiawatha Horse Park
Total Purse:  $44,300
Total Handle: $17,507
getting worse

Kawartha Downs
Total Purse:  $40,100
Total Handle: $21,759
i read the french fries were good

 

[mike]

so how is this any worse than the nimber of times gm ford has been bailed out to keep guys making 80 grand a year some of those small trainers make almost nothing for working 80 hours a week. sooner see this than ceos making 2 million a year go hang with the small guy for a week I would not want there life

[The Exporter]

Do the math and let us know which will cost Johnny Taxpayer more.

You speak as if those affected will never earn again. Life goes on.

[wiggles44]

Sunday May 26

Clinton Raceway
Total Purse:  $42,500
Total Handle: $24,571

Dresden Raceway
Total Purse:  $36,900
Total Handle: $23,334

lets add two more to the list