Fairmont Park Fix

[Port Conway Lane]

Originally Posted by Scav

First off, racing at Fairmount is horrid. Its probably the worst racing out there except for the unrecognized track in Michigan. Mount Pleasant or something.

When you watch the race, its really bad, but nothing will happen because Lopez's explanation. I personally don't think the race was fixed, but I can see why people are having questions. He might get a fine but no days.

The old man was riding a horse that defeated the 3rd place finisher in their previous race. He had the highest last out beyer and second highest beyer in the chart. I agree, nothing fishy here except the 70 year old guy.

When my namesake won his 50th race at Laurel he was 1/5 in a 5k claimer.
Rumor had it a Washington Post reporter had attended a few of his previous races to cover the rare occasion but was tiring of the horse losing and told management (or whoever) "The horse better win today because I won't be back next time" or something to that effect. A horse he defeated that day came back to air by 8 lengths and Port ran a valiant 2nd or 3rd.

I don't know if this Fairmount race was fixed. Besides the horse lost. I say move on.