Meadowlands handle fails to top $3 million

[pocketrocketwinner]

The Big M has and will always be the best harness racing venue in N America.
Everyone that loves harness racing should embrace this fact.
All of the negative comments are so lame.
Handle over 3 million a card is amazing for harness these days.
Try rooting for the Big M to win and stop criticizing please.
If your a true harness racing fan, embrace this place and the efforts of Gural and all that put on the show twice a week. If the Meadowlands falls the game in the US is over for the trots.

We are free to criticize it all we want. Who the hell are you to tell anyone different?

[Grandstand Handicapper]

I am only interested in full and competitive fields, a large pool to bet into, and in the end whether or not the race is playable. If I had to pick one benchmark----percentage of beaten favorites! LOL.

[Papillon]

I don't get caught up in the handle. They are running 14 races per night so naturally you will have a higher handle.
I was watching the races after they hit the quarter pole some of these odds drop so dramatically and that is the thing
that bothers me the most. You handicap a race thinking the selections you make will have value as the race starts you
see the odds go from 8/1 to 3/1. Even the people on TVG notice it even though that means nothing. That is the issue
I have over the handle. I do not play or invest the money I used to play because of this reason.

Gee, the common theory on this site is that ALL bets are made before the race starts and Elite bets exactly one second after all the legit bets are made

somehow--we see the dramatic odds drop at the 1/4 pole

it is not a coincidence the horses that have their odds drop are in a favorable position on the first turn-yet many here are in denial, or are aware and choose to stick their head in the sand and bet anyway

[Sunmoon 1219]

Elite got burned in the 5th race on Captain Bazinga . Bagged by Stratton after 10k came in at the quarter pole .

[pocketrocketwinner]

It's very easy to determine final odds on races 2,4,6,7,9,11,13,14

All you have to do is look at the will pays and you will get to >90% accuracy of final win odds.

[Lar4400]

I’m a harness race fan that supports anyone that promotes the sport which keeps all of the hard working horse people employed and doing what they love.
Those who bash are doing the exact opposite.

[Sunmoon 1219]

Hell of a weekend handle .

[stanetelman]

Saturday 2/1 handle
$3,615,687
6 out of 10 cards handling over $3 million
$299,359 above break even point

Friday 2/7 handle
$2,789,310
6 out of 11 cards handling over $3 million
$88,669 above break even point

[pocketrocketwinner]

I’m a harness race fan that supports anyone that promotes the sport which keeps all of the hard working horse people employed and doing what they love.
Those who bash are doing the exact opposite.

Those who bash are providing critically important customer feedback. It gets decidedly ignored and even worse, bashed by track employees. Tracks closing left and right, sport on life support. How has all of this support been working out?

[Papillon]

The Big M has and will always be the best harness racing venue in N America.
Everyone that loves harness racing should embrace this fact.
All of the negative comments are so lame.
Handle over 3 million a card is amazing for harness these days.
Try rooting for the Big M to win and stop criticizing please.
If your a true harness racing fan, embrace this place and the efforts of Gural and all that put on the show twice a week. If the Meadowlands falls the game in the US is over for the trots.

what you interpret as "negative" or "critical" is your opinion--they are just truths that a few are very upset with

[Arrive7100]

Doesn't matter what the topic is, some people just can't handle the truth if it differs from their opinion.

[Papillon]

Doesn't matter what the topic is, some people just can't handle the truth if it differs from their opinion.

true--people hear/believe what they want to--much like politics

[stanetelman]

Friday 2/7 handle
$2,789,310
6 out of 11 cards handling over $3 million
$88,669 above break even point

Saturday 2/8 canceled
Friday 2/14 handle
$2,845,718
6 out of 12 cards handling over $3 million
$65,613 below break even point

[Harness racer]

Why do you care?   

[Yonkers1A]

Saturday 2/8 canceled
Friday 2/14 handle
$2,845,718
6 out of 12 cards handling over $3 million
$65,613 below break even point

Where is the break even number is it 3 million ?