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Title: 2014 Illinois Harness Dates
Post by: careless hal on July 31, 2013, 08:04:12 PM
Jan 1-march  1  Balmoral will race Only on Sunday.  Maywood will race Wed, Thurs., Fri. And Sat.
March2- Dec 31. Balmoral will race Wed. Through Sun.  No Maywood.
Will Maywood even re-open in 2015?
Title: Re: 2014 Illinois Harness Dates
Post by: The Skipper on July 31, 2013, 08:17:57 PM

No telling what they gots up there sleeve  idunno
Title: Re: 2014 Illinois Harness Dates
Post by: cashman on July 31, 2013, 08:52:35 PM
I'm personally glad there is no maywood for awhile there. Hate that place!
Title: Re: 2014 Illinois Harness Dates
Post by: Just Saying on July 31, 2013, 10:15:03 PM
No telling what they gots up there sleeve  idunno
No kiddin', Skip. Here in Madiganistan it will cost the taxpayers (and especially the horsemen) their money and there sleeves!
Title: Re: 2014 Illinois Harness Dates
Post by: careless hal on August 01, 2013, 04:27:48 AM
Consensus at Balmoral was that no slots in 2014= no more Maywood.  As I was driving to the track last night a bar across the street had put up a sign  "Come play our slots" But,  no slots at the track, that would be an expansion of gambling. 4pezz2 4pezz2 4pezz2  So, I went to the bar between races!!! rflmao1 rflmao1
Title: Re: 2014 Illinois Harness Dates
Post by: Just Saying on August 01, 2013, 08:20:47 AM
Apparently Hawthorne must still be operating legally, without buying politicians. NO DATES!
Title: Re: 2014 Illinois Harness Dates
Post by: RocknRoll on August 01, 2013, 10:15:51 AM
Apparently Hawthorne must still be operating legally, without buying politicians. NO DATES!

I used to love going to Hawthorne for the harness, the double header cards were always great. Balmoral is just too far away to go to on a regular basis like I used to with Sportsman's and Hawthorne, and Maywood has always been terrible.
Title: Re: 2014 Illinois Harness Dates
Post by: NIATROSS on August 01, 2013, 01:47:08 PM
I used to love going to Hawthorne for the harness, the double header cards were always great. Balmoral is just too far away to go to on a regular basis like I used to with Sportsman's and Hawthorne, and Maywood has always been terrible.

had some great times at hwathorne on my birthday's in january
wayne moore winning the nightcap one year was huge !
Title: Re: 2014 Illinois Harness Dates
Post by: careless hal on August 01, 2013, 02:22:28 PM
It's nice to get nostalgic about Hawthorne.  I went to many of those double headers.  Even ended up in the parking lot with a wild horse I was trying to train.  But those days are gone.  It is now in a gang infested area.  Every time I have gone there in the last 5 years panhandlers are on you like flies on sh*t.  Espanol is the language of choice. In 2-5 years there will be no Hawthorne.  It will go under the wrecking ball just like Sportsmens.  I'll try to remember the glory days and not what it has become.  Heck, I remember when I would go to Maywood with the windows on my car rolled down!  That was a long time ago.  (No Gary, you didn't have to crank the car to start it!)