Racing in Mass may be ending

[Atthetrack7]

 http://www.lowellsun.com/news/ci_32755366/horse-racing-legislation-down-wire

couldn't happen to a nicer state

[The Exporter]

I have to say, the Senate proposal makes sense.  It plan was drafted when there was thoroughbred racing. Stands to reason diverting those funds back to a public program . No surprise to the harness horsemen.

[Wendall Tilley]

This doesn't sound good for Mass racing.The politicians love to say they'll spend the money on education.I'm with the government and i'm here to help !

[PIGLAND]

if all the money they say went to schools ,kids would have gold books and i would be abke to spell

[Bernie Madoff]

if all the money they say went to schools ,kids would have gold books and i would be abke to spell

Wrong.

[Rabbi Of Racing]

if all the money they say went to schools ,kids would have gold books and i would be abke to spell

100% correct

[Papillon]

the contract expired at midnight last night

anyone no if they’re racing today?

any update?

[Powerful Patricks Ghost]

This doesn't sound good for Mass racing.The politicians love to say they'll spend the money on education.I'm with the government and i'm here to help !

Better to waste it on education than some loser horsemen

[Papillon]

The House and Senate have agreed to extend the Simulcast legislation to December 1st, which means live racing will continue as scheduled for the remainder of the racing season.

thank you for the update

Betfair exchange allows me access to a plainridge but only on Mondays

[seriously]

https://www.capecod.com/newscenter/legislature-enters-summer-recess-with-unfinished-business/


4th paragraph down says both chambers did meet the deadline for extending horse racing and simulcasting.


However, harness racing should really start doing something positive to protect its longevity.  The same-o same-o isn't going to see it last more than 10 years with subsidies. 

[The Exporter]

It has been more than 20 years since the first track got its VLT money. It has been since then we have all said they can not depend on this money. That they need to make changes and and improvements in order to survive. Now 2019, the song remains the same...

[Papillon]

There is much talk about reviving the Great Barrington Fair ... possibly expanding the track to make a 5F chute now that Suffolk raced it’s last race.

If they’re gonna have Tbreds then surely Plainridge e would be covered under that umbrella of protection.

[chief yogi]

great barrington is a dream.  no population there to support a extended meet. no horses either. t breds tend to stable at a track and not ship. whatever track horses come from they would end up being told to not come back. real shortage at every t bred track of horses. it was a fantastic fair in its day. 700 000 handles in the 70's but there were lots of horses then and people came out for the one week of racing. the suffolk idea i believe has more to do with getting another track up and running without union workers killing their bottom line. suffolk still handles close to 175 million a year on similalcasts.