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Anyone go to the sale at Walker's Farm.IL. is in sad shape.Overhiser signed for at lease seven.LUCPARK, was that your new corvette I saw there?
The overriding factor in purchasing a yearling is determining how much pursemoney will be available in their Sires Stakes Program for 2 and 3 year olds in theirracing season. In Illinois, it's pretty safe to say, that mostly every yearling purchasedat the two yearling sales will be in for a substantial loss.The latest rumor surrounding the 2024 harness racing season in Illinois has Hawthorneracing harness through mid-February. The thoroughbreds will begin their season mid-Marchand race all summer with their meet closing sometime in mid November. Thus the harnesshorsemen will be limited to some summer dates at Springfield and Duquoin racing forpeanuts and always under the threat of cancellation due to track conditions. Unfortunately, that is what those 500 plus 2 year olds and 500 plus 3 year olds willbe facing in 2024. It's a very, very sad situation for Illinois harness horsemen.