50 years ago,in Illinois you could race harness at:
Sportsmans
Hawthorne
Maywood
Balmoral
Washington Park
Aurora Downs
Quad City Downs
Fairmount
Cahokia
Arlington raced 1 or 2 years around the time Washington Park burned down.
Add in Springfield, DuQuoin and the county fairs and the standardbred business was in full bloom.

Corrupt owners, fiscal mismanagement, and fans flocking to the riverboats have killed the sport.

I hope old man Langley and Billy Johnston are rotting in their Graves.

Damn, Damn, Damn!
How very depressing!
I raced at all of the above with the exception of Cahokia.
Also raced at now deceased Brandywine, Liberty Bell, Atlantic City, Louisville Downs, Canterbury, Blue Bonnets, Pompano, and two in MI.

Surprised Wrenn’s decided on JMac.  He has the favorite in the first division for local connections.  While not call Zeron or T McCarthy who don’t have drives and will stay with the horse in the final.  Both don’t have a top three year so probably stay with you the rest of the year

Oops another person wrongly using the term "handouts"
those "handouts " were a negotiated settlement that casinos happily paid to gain  entry to casino through racetracks, it was a sweet deal for them, what they pay to harness racing is a insignificant amount from their earnings

additionally any money that might come from governments is approved and has had some economic impact study behind it, for example the governments feel that the trickle down effect of any money contributed to harness racing is beneficial by allowing farms, blacksmiths, vets, grooms trainers  etc to earn a living and pay taxes, they feel this is better than putting these people out of work and having them collect unemployment

This is misinformation. Casinos exist because people wanted them. The casino companies used the racing industry to get in the door then the racing industry sold out top them. The casino companies do not racing and will close it down when they get the chance. The "agreement" is just a government created handout which the government can unilaterally end it at any time. Well over 80% of the purses in Pennsylvania are funded by government not customers. Pass decoupling and the casino companies would close racing so fast you would not be able to blink. End the government handouts and the industry would be looking in dumpsters to eat and feed the horses. The industry has turned it back on the customers so I welcome the day the state legislators start turning of the supply of free money.

Hemo 15 is a multivitamin used by every horseman in the country at one point or another. If you’re gonna convict someone for using that you better have a big prison. Im pretty sure they even sold it at TSC.

Bernie sure did take charge and destroyed them...dd win ex tri sup 

Great news Sweet. Just when you thought you were out....."they dragged you back in"! Great work today. Keep it up!