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General Category => General Harness Racing Discussion => Topic started by: RocknRoll on April 19, 2013, 01:06:05 PM
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TVG, America's Horseracing Network, and New Jersey's Meadowlands Racetrack announced Friday (April 19) that TVG will serve as title sponsor of the inaugural $4 million TVG Free-For-All Series.
Open to pacers and trotters ages three-and-up, the season-long competition gets underway May 11, and concludes Nov. 30 with a pair of $500,000 Free-For-All Finals. Competitors in those finals will be determined by a system under which horses will be awarded points for results in nine pacing and trotting races. In addition, the finals may also include the winners of such prestigious events as the 3YO Breeders' Crown Trot & Pace Finals, the Hambletonian or the Meadowlands Pace.
"As the exclusive TV network of Meadowlands racing, we are excited to become title sponsor of this innovative event,” said Don Scott, TVG's Vice President of Marketing. "From making facility improvements to creating new racing programs like the TVG Free For All series, Jeff Gural and his team have embarked on an ambitious campaign to further elevate the Meadowlands as the leader within the American harness racing industry. We applaud these efforts and look forward to partnering with them.”
"We have enjoyed a good working relationship with TVG since taking over the Meadowlands and believe this new series for older trotters and pacers should make the upcoming championship meet the most exciting racing we have seen in years at the Meadowlands,” said Jeff Gural, Meadowlands Chairman. "The prospect of the best three-year-olds challenging older horses is unprecedented and should be embraced by many in the sport. Championship night, November 30th should be one for the history books.”
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What we need is large corporations sponsoring stuff. Guess harness just Isn 't popular enough. Think of it, the Exxon Mobile Jug. Purse 2 million.
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What we need is large corporations sponsoring stuff. Guess harness just Isn 't popular enough. Think of it, the Exxon Mobile Jug. Purse 2 million.
thumbsup Don't hold your breath. Too many cooks in the kitchen with their finger in the soup pot.
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They will still put it on tape delay to show 2K claimers from Los Al