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Originally Posted by seconditis
ArlJim, Most of GLD are harness players. Remember the track used to be a harness track from mid 80's til 90's. You should appreciate it, these are the guys supplementing are TB pools all of the time.
I do want to ask about Arlington, but the lady just walked in. No boys, she just wants to cuddle, SHOCKER!!!!!!!!!!!
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None of this cuddling bologna. Have the girl cook you a steak or put out.
Now on to the business at hand
Harness racing has to run outside the thoroughbred loop. They are not any where close to the handle generators thoroughbred races are and they have to run when there is next to no other racing going on. They are more in competition with greyhound racing, I would say.
For example, there is a harness track up this way, Plainridge Racecourse, and they run three days a week, Monday, Tuesday and Saturday. On Monday and Tuesdays, they run at 4pm. They run at 4pm, because some of the betting options have waned at that time. There are no big tracks running like Belmont, Churchill, Arlington. But more importantly, the lesser tracks that run in place of the biggies on those days are wrapping up, say Philly Park, Calder, Suffolk, etc. That leaves a course like Plainridge with a chance at an increased simulcasting handle. On Saturdays, they are even more extreme, and run at 10am. Obviously, after noon on Saturdays, there are quality wagering options until dark. Apparently, Plainridge's angle is to score early AM gamblers simulcasting OR pick up the "Legs and Eggs" crowd stumbling down Route 1 from the Foxy Lady in Brockton
