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How dare Mother Nature interfere with their 3 million dollar night! If in fact the general manager of 3 standardbred racetracks, (all Gural owned), does know with delay comes issue with the health and well being of Lasix horses, then they is an indictment of his fitness to run three racetracks. If in fact he knows the delay issue with lasix horses and the 3 million dollar night was more important to them than the safety and we’ll being of all involved, horses and humans, then there are not enough words to describe how disgusting they are.Then again these sate the people that gave us Andrew “Shades” Dansky! Buffoons! I rest my case!
It just seems as the Meadowlands has become Gural's three ring circus! You got goofs doing interviews, Amateur drivers, 7500 claimers, a race secretary that takes it up the and a guy who couldn't pick the winner in a one horse race. Years ago, the Meadowlands was known to be the premier place to race and top-notch horses, trainers and drivers. And it was a privilege to race there!Now it's like I said, its a Three Ring Circus!
I remember the first time I raced there in the 90's. Holy crap was I overwhelmed. Between my fanboy admiration of the other drivers and the sheer size and glamour of the place was awesome. It was always packed, there were families there with the kiddos waving at the drivers. Now it's just another track with a few old timers with nothing better to do on the apron. It's a damn shame
"We have had some bad weather luck for the last two Saturdays, but last week, we were able to resume without a problem,” said track chief operating officer and general manager Jason Settlemoir. “This time, we weren’t so lucky. It seems that Dexter Dunn, Scott Zeron and the McCarthy brothers had driving commitments in Kentucky on Sunday and they were not willing to change their travel arrangements. It would have necessitated numerous driver changes and scratches to our later races so regrettably we were forced to abandon the remainder of our program. We will certainly discuss this situation at the next drivers meeting before the Championship meet."Dave Little - Meadowlands media
how quickly people forget what happened at Freehold a few years ago
They couldn't have said this in their first press release, lol, just a more expanded explanation - with the track again we had no choice - and driver changes and scratching was an option. Wouldn't be the first time we saw this after say an accident, a bunch of changes. The McCarthy brothers got their rest, made their flight and picked up 3 wins on $50k stakes purse races (at Oak Grove), and very likely secured their future drives for those connections, along with the other drivers who kept their commitments.I appreciate the BigM transparency, BUT (<-- their fav word ) as the members already said here, the energy there is dead, and them meeting their bottom line and what we seek from them as gamblers, fans and horsemen in part, recapturing what we lost, seem to be mutually exclusive. And the YES MEN comment was a threat, your jobs are in jeopardy!
They couldn't have said this in their first press release, no they couldn't, because thats not what they SAID........ Senator, your usually pretty accurate on fact checking information, but stanetelman is a LIAR and always changes the quotes to stir the shit with the pigeons.......... .. fact check ANY of his past Meadowlands quotes and you will see the difference.Here is the actual quote.Shortly after the seventh race – which went off at 8:50 p.m. – a light rain started to fall at the mile oval before a powerful storm engulfed the area. Track announcer Ken Warkentin informed the public of the cancellation at 10:29 p.m., explaining that the drivers thought it was too dangerous to continue.“We have had some bad weather luck for the last two Saturdays, but last week, we were able to resume without a problem,” said track Chief Operating Officer and General Manager Jason Settlemoir. “This time, we weren’t so lucky.”
