well, i was wrong about topsham moving races faster than bangor/cumberland.
          the fairs where we might have a chance at new fans. wrong again.
lets see. toteboard. not working. uncle fester moving at a snails pace to fix.
        mutuel machines. no self serves, first teller machine does not cut tickets and half did not print. moved to the 2nd teller ok there. lucky as only one more for a total of 3.
       lets get odds on the tv. well had to find one first. hired sherlock holmes. found one. no odds. no payoffs. looked like a 5 year old on camera. went to cash my tickets and tote machine has no display.
have to bet blind, cash blind and hope the teller didnt screw me.
      jack ass judges. spend more time seeing if the 6th place finisher went inside pilons. multiple times today. simple soultion put in hub rail. no pilon problems saves half hour on race card.
 complete jackass judges. dragging races. there were 50 people there. no offtrack handle. great job. only 20 left at the end. even most of the usual degenerates left.
   so good job. i guess state paying the pj and steward by the hour gives them a good reason to take all day.
     a big congrad to shane bacon and the state for considering this shit to be called a race meet. between today and our other tracks so far this year we kept the trend of making harness racing irrevelent. im glad im here thru fryeburg. feels like a last horrah for maine racing.
   never in my life seen no toteboard, no tv odds/payoffs and not even prices being announced. a new low.

If you watch the last turn TT hangs Ranger

around the final turn....


I realize he didnot wish to get boxed in but in retrospect

he would have had the entire stretch to pass the leader..

and would have won EZ.

The hang job was equal to 2 lengths.

he lost by 1 inch or less

When the big $$ is on the line somehow Dunn always

wins...

Cool as a cucumber while TT panicked.

In Range actually has a very good stallion pedigree, very solid, strong foundation. He's well bred. He was a $185,000 yearling, they were high on him as a 2yo, and he had an excellent freshman campaign. Didn't meet the expectations as a 3yo, but he showed up to some of the big dances. When they syndicated him, the shares sold out very quickly and they structured it with a four year deal attached to it. He's from the family of Yankee Duchess, who has a very strong lineage pedigree/family. Check out his extended pedigree. I think he's #3 on the earnings list, from a crop on the small crop---and both Chapter Seven and Captain Corey had bigger crops and more starters. I have no idea if the stallion is up for a move or not, but this was no backyard stud, LOL.