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Old 01-26-2010, 08:13 AM
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No cash, no racing. This state is beyond broke. Corzine was the biggest criminial going.
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Old 01-26-2010, 10:25 AM
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Spin the bottle once again. There will be a full race calendar in NJ this year. Every time there's money problems they threaten to bulldoze the Meadowlands- instead, how about admitting what a debacle the Xanadu project has been and taking the writeoff there???
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Old 01-26-2010, 10:26 AM
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Old 01-26-2010, 10:39 AM
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Old 01-26-2010, 10:42 AM
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Going from the JCGC to the Meadowlands is some of the best times I've had at the track. It's a fun place to go.
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Old 01-26-2010, 10:45 AM
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Going from the JCGC to the Meadowlands is some of the best times I've had at the track. It's a fun place to go.
It's ok you can go to JCGC then to Mahattan get all dolled up have a great dinner and still have a great time.. Now need for more races
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Old 01-26-2010, 10:42 AM
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Save the Meadowlands!
Hard to believe Meadowlands is at risk with the sulkies...

But I am curious what people feel about maintaining the TB meet?

Is it really a necessary set of dates? Wouldn't those horses simply gravitate to Belmont/Aqueduct and Philadelphia and help fill fields there? This is an ideal candidate for the 'less racing is better racing' discussion.
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Old 01-26-2010, 10:44 AM
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Hard to believe Meadowlands is at risk with the sulkies...

But I am curious what people feel about maintaining the TB meet?

Is it really a necessary set of dates? Wouldn't those horses simply gravitate to Belmont/Aqueduct and Philadelphia and help fill fields there? This is an ideal candidate for the 'less racing is better racing' discussion.
There you go!
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Old 01-26-2010, 10:54 AM
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Hard to believe Meadowlands is at risk with the sulkies...

But I am curious what people feel about maintaining the TB meet?

Is it really a necessary set of dates? Wouldn't those horses simply gravitate to Belmont/Aqueduct and Philadelphia and help fill fields there? This is an ideal candidate for the 'less racing is better racing' discussion.
I actually do agree with this theory and was more or less half joking with my "save the Meadowlands" because I've had fun at that track.

As someone who deeply loves racing it is slighty depressing that the best option may be in closing of tracks and that we can't sustain ourselves as we are.
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Old 01-26-2010, 11:00 AM
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I actually do agree with this theory and was more or less half joking with my "save the Meadowlands" because I've had fun at that track.

As someone who deeply loves racing it is slighty depressing that the best option may be in closing of tracks and that we can't sustain ourselves as we are.
Go look at the next Fasig Tipton mixed sale catalog.. You will see why racing needs to contract. broodmares that have had 8 foals without any success still being bred. Yearlings from never raced mares from marginal stallions at best. They have 300 odd animals of which 200 plus shouldnt have been created IF racing was serious about policing itself.
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Old 01-26-2010, 10:57 AM
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Hard to believe Meadowlands is at risk with the sulkies...

But I am curious what people feel about maintaining the TB meet?

Is it really a necessary set of dates? Wouldn't those horses simply gravitate to Belmont/Aqueduct and Philadelphia and help fill fields there? This is an ideal candidate for the 'less racing is better racing' discussion.
Agree with this but it sure is a fun place for night racing. There's a lot worse tracks out there.
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Hard to believe Meadowlands is at risk with the sulkies...

But I am curious what people feel about maintaining the TB meet?

Is it really a necessary set of dates? Wouldn't those horses simply gravitate to Belmont/Aqueduct and Philadelphia and help fill fields there? This is an ideal candidate for the 'less racing is better racing' discussion.
I think it's good for people that don't have a chance to play during the day. I know I personally enjoy it. Also I think the night racing draws different people to the track. Whether it's the company parties up in the Pegasus (I know we have had plenty of them) or it a couple of college buddies hitting the track before going out on a Friday night. I just think it could be a different type of entertainment option for people looking for something different to do at night. Hopefully people will enjoy the expierence and want to come back.
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Old 01-26-2010, 04:18 PM
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50 days at MTH is too short. That wouldn't even span Memorial Day to Haskell Day, assumeing 5 race-day weeks. That short a meet would send me into a depression.
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50 days at MTH is too short. That wouldn't even span Memorial Day to Haskell Day, assumeing 5 race-day weeks. That short a meet would send me into a depression.
I agree.
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Old 01-26-2010, 05:07 PM
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Hard to believe Meadowlands is at risk with the sulkies...

But I am curious what people feel about maintaining the TB meet?

Is it really a necessary set of dates? Wouldn't those horses simply gravitate to Belmont/Aqueduct and Philadelphia and help fill fields there? This is an ideal candidate for the 'less racing is better racing' discussion.
The Meadowlands would be much better off as strictly a harness track. Run Monmouth till the middle of October and kill the rest of the dates.
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Old 01-26-2010, 06:15 PM
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The Meadowlands would be much better off as strictly a harness track. Run Monmouth till the middle of October and kill the rest of the dates.
The Meadowlands, don't laugh, has an excellent turf course.
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Old 01-26-2010, 06:18 PM
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The Meadowlands, don't laugh, has an excellent turf course.
I find that horses that race well over the BigM turf course seem to excell everywhere there is turf
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Old 01-26-2010, 06:23 PM
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The Meadowlands, don't laugh, has an excellent turf course.
Why wouldn't it? It only get used for one month a year. The rest of the time those damn geese are fertilizing it.
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The Meadowlands, don't laugh, has an excellent turf course.
Remember when they ran the harness race on it?
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Old 01-27-2010, 10:01 AM
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Ever since Garden State became a shopping mall & Atlantic City runs a 10 day meet, the state has been cut off, for live racing. Lets see go over the bridge to the pha, or Delware park & gee.. guess what...both tracks have slots. Sure the casinos have race books, but to see live racing you either have to travel out of state (which is closer ) , or travel up to middle / north jersey. Its a damm shame what has happen to Atlantic City Race Course, a wonderful place to spend a summers nite.
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