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General Category => General Harness Racing Discussion => Topic started by: dinkadoo on January 10, 2014, 06:23:13 AM
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Maybe I am in the minority, but I hAve a problem when 99.9% of the races are filled by local horsemen who get a first of hopefully many purse increases of 10%, which works out to a couple of hundred bucks in most cases. But something seems wrong that in the first month, they announce they are kicking in $250,000 to a race that will probably be dominated by east coat invaders as they have in the past.
Northfield, OH --- Less than one month after the opening of the $265,000,000 Hard Rock Rocksino, Northfield Park has announced the creation of the $500,000 Carl Milstein Memorial to be raced on Friday, August 15, 2014.
The Milstein Memorial is an early-closer for 3-year-old-colt-and-gelding pacers. Northfield will add $250,000 to the purse, for an estimated $400,000 Final and a $100,000 Consolation. The top eight purse earners in 2014 that enter will make up the field for the final, with the next eight drawing into the consolation.
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First, Carl was a great, great man and deserves this honor. Second, what dinkadoo said.
Nfld horsemen are already getting the short end of the slots enrichment stick, which is why I gave Northfield a "going backwards," rating in my DRF column this week.
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First, Carl was a great, great man and deserves this honor. Second, what dinkadoo said.
Nfld horsemen are already getting the short end of the slots enrichment stick, which is why I gave Northfield a "going backwards," rating in my DRF column this week.
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