Freehold Raceway Repercussion

[Arnold Ziffel]

I think Gural said he'd only add dates if he got Freehold's allocation of state money. Even if he got that, if he's still losing money, then he shouldn't add dates. I say give him a casino!!! LOL.

I agree as well.. he deserves a Casino! Could you imagine if he did not recreate the Meadowlands there would be no more harness racing in New Jersey.

[makingit]

Sad.  I think NJ had five (5) tracks at one time. Now we have two. Gone are Garden State, Atlantic City, and Freehold. Does A/C still open two or three days a year?

[kantseeback]

Interesting concept. I’m not sure it would be profitable for the Meadowlands to ask for more dates to race cheaper horses.

I was thinking the same thing.

[Grandstand Handicapper]

Interesting concept. I’m not sure it would be profitable for the Meadowlands to ask for more dates to race cheaper horses.

I don't think it will be.

[Sunmoon 1219]

He’s getting the allocation.

[rainman2]

Where will the Freehold horsemen relocate to when Freehold closes?

Monticello

Saratoga--opens in February I believe

Rosecroft

Other

[Arnold Ziffel]

Where will the Freehold horsemen relocate to when Freehold closes?

Monticello

Saratoga--opens in February I believe

Rosecroft

Other

I don’t think it will be that easy some have families also own homes in the area.

[Grandstand Handicapper]

If I were Gural, and I have no idea if he's losing money but I'll take his word for it that he is, I would not want to ADD race dates. I would try and capture the upper-end horses that could possibly be competitive at the Meadowlands. I don't think that will raise the quality standard, but it could make it more competitive in the classes where these horses could potentially do. Remains to be seen. Who knows. The quality of horses will never be what it was. Remember years ago on a Saturday night---you had 50 claimers, 75's, winners over, Open/Inv/FFA and the purses were reflective of that. If you had a Saturday night or weekend stable like Lofty Bruce, you were making a hell of a living. That's what was always lacking elsewhere.

[Sunmoon 1219]

Freehold has 26 more race dates after being open over 100 years it’s crazy . Nobody will know there was a track there 50 years from now . Google it will be the only means to know it existed . So crazy watching this thing fade away .

[Any1Left]

All horsemen were outside CASINO MONTREAL every day trying to cause havoc and no one cared and years later every single person i talk with said to me it was the best day of my life as i never had money and owed everyone,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, The grooms just got a brake if they leave the industry as the last thing they want to be is a trainer and most do not know it,,,,,,,,,,,,, HAS anyone watched racing from that place as all you see is single file racing and a outside park that is like running in quicksand,,,,,,,,,,, Only people making money are crooked vets and management,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,LIFE AT FREEHOLD IS NOT A FAIRY TALE ITS A SHITHOLE,,,,,,,,   plus when they have sires races top drivers take all the money because of afternoon racing,,,,,,

[rainman2]

Freehold has 26 more race dates after being open over 100 years it’s crazy . Nobody will know there was a track there 50 years from now . Google it will be the only means to know it existed . So crazy watching this thing fade away .

Correction, no one will know there was a track there 5 years from now!  See Pompano Park [RIP] right now and it has been only 2.5 years!

[Any1Left]

Pompano had a nicer history and a great place to go or older trainers that paid their dues and did not want to get up in freezing weather and train their horses and the crew that ran pompano was leagues better than FREEHOLD people,,,,,,,,,, They hosted the breeders crown and Freehold never applied to host the crown......

[gh2009]

This may sound heartless, but the majority of owners at Freehold lose money year after year because their horses are cheap and the purses are low. The bottom line is, the majority of them will save money when the track closes. As for the backstretch help, most of the better stables have a shortage of grooms so jobs will be available. As for the track employees, there really aren't many live tellers anymore with self-service betting machines.

[Sunmoon 1219]

Yes it definitely will be a favor to the below the poverty line horsemen and owners . They probably will be able to eat steak instead of burgers now . The purses are almost comical in an area that’s so wealthy . Racing 2 days a week for 4k purses . Doesn’t add up financially.

[jupiter]

How many horses that race at Freehold would ship to Meadowland's, shipping and tolls. I can't see Gural wanting more dates, to race more crap, they have more than enough.