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Flamboro
« on: September 21, 2024, 07:14:27 PM »
Canx racing for unsafe track conditions,, already!!! and its only september..
Better hire a track guy... 11.wp

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Re: Flamboro
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2024, 07:25:19 PM »
I'm with you , Dry as dust. try some water and a rake. shout out to Canadians, eh ;D

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Re: Flamboro
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2024, 08:17:36 PM »
They fired the track guy couple weeks back b/c he told some slacker employee to do something. Nobody there now can even start the grader let alone run it.  Such a pit! -   but... we should just be happy to have a place to race and shut our faces!!! 

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Re: Flamboro
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2024, 08:37:11 PM »
They fired the track guy couple weeks back b/c he told some slacker employee to do something. Nobody there now can even start the grader let alone run it.  Such a pit! -   but... we should just be happy to have a place to race and shut our faces!!!
what, a place to race????  You mean more lame horses...i hear the security guards son running the track, and he cant even spell horse....what the drivers cant speak up..?? This is total bullshit....HIRE THE GUY BACK!!!

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Re: Flamboro
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2024, 08:43:29 PM »
Flamboro doesn't care diddley-squatt about harness racing. It's all about the casino.

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Re: Flamboro
« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2024, 09:52:35 PM »
Trending backwards for a couple decades unfortunately, should have never abandoned afternoon racing….

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Re: Flamboro
« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2024, 10:19:34 AM »
Trending backwards for a couple decades unfortunately, should have never abandoned afternoon racing….
true story

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Re: Flamboro
« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2024, 10:29:16 AM »
I'm with you , Dry as dust. try some water and a rake. shout out to Canadians, eh ;D
That almost made me spit up my coffee it was so funny. It's sad really. I know I'm in the minority but I like the racing on a half except Yonkers. Nobody should ever wager a dime at that place. Wild west of drugs and corruption.

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Re: Flamboro
« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2024, 01:14:07 PM »
Agree
Yonkers terrible racing.
Same as Mohawk.
All single file racing and horses off to top
still give it up in the stretch after having it all
their own way.
All standardbred races should be 1/4 mile races only.
Just maybe we would actually see a RACE.

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Re: Flamboro
« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2024, 01:18:53 PM »
Way back when, in the 80's and 90's, I always liked Flamboro. I went to the Confederation Cup many times. A lot of great racing and memories from history there. Like many, the track has fallen from grace. Having a casino may keep it open, but who knows.

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Re: Flamboro
« Reply #10 on: September 23, 2024, 01:19:45 PM »
its too bad Yonkers and other 1/2 miles don't race the way they do at Delaware
lets be honest, the big m and Mohawk are boring racing for the size of the track, if you are not in the top 5 at the 1/2 and certainly at the 3/4 you have no shot in 90% of the races
at delaware some guys actually try to fire out from the outside posts where at yonkers they are automatic take backs
it can actually make for exciting racing and some huge payoffs when the favorite gets ousted and a long price from the outside comes in

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Re: Flamboro
« Reply #11 on: September 23, 2024, 02:50:33 PM »
Way back when, in the 80's and 90's, I always liked Flamboro. I went to the Confederation Cup many times. A lot of great racing and memories from history there. Like many, the track has fallen from grace. Having a casino may keep it open, but who knows.

Big crowd the year that Armbro Emerson was tossed

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Re: Flamboro
« Reply #12 on: September 23, 2024, 09:56:39 PM »
Huge when SBSW went his two training trips for money…

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Re: Flamboro
« Reply #13 on: September 24, 2024, 05:25:02 AM »
Agree
Yonkers terrible racing.
Same as Mohawk.
All single file racing and horses off to top
still give it up in the stretch after having it all
their own way.
All standardbred races should be 1/4 mile races only.
Just maybe we would actually see a RACE.

Many years ago Yonkers experimented with shorter and longer distances. I remember they even had a 9/16 of a mile short race.

 

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