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General Category => General Harness Racing Discussion => Topic started by: careless hal on December 19, 2011, 08:06:17 PM
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http://www.standardbredcanada.ca/notices/12-19-11/nj-t-breds-coming-back-big-m.html
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http://www.standardbredcanada.ca/notices/12-19-11/nj-t-breds-coming-back-big-m.html
6 day meet. Kinda short. Don't you think?
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In addition to the six-day meet, the negotiations are also broaching the idea of 15 turf-only thoroughbred race dates to be held at the Big M in the late summer or fall.
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6 day meet. Kinda short. Don't you think?
It is what they have at Atlantic city race course now as well
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pezz is right about AC.
I like the idea about a short turf meet at The Meds as I think the course always played fair.
I would think Gural is not going to be too happy about a Tbred though.
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It will surprise me if T-Breds ever make the Meadowlands again.
These PR's are the BS tactics of the TBred Assoc, which has already been clarified.
Gural has his deal in hand and is not likely to be receptive to any new exceptions or the BS-politics the T-Bred Assoc seems to thrive on.
Jeff was willing to work with Morris Bailey because there are friends, it wouldn't surprise me if he just told the T-bred folks to f-ck-off.
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Published: December 20, 2011 10:50 am ET
According to a report, a deal was reached at roughly 10:30 p.m. on Monday, December 19 which will see live thoroughbred racing continue at New Jersey's Monmouth Park in 2012.
Bob Jordan of the Asbury Park Press has reported that the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association agreed to a deal with the state government which will see purses at the track reduced in 2012. The deal also reportedly includes a provision which mandates a rebidding process for the track's lease which could lead to larger purses at the raceway in the future. The rebidding process is reportedly 'expected' to take place in January, 2012.
The APP article does not make mention of the possibility of any live thoroughbred racing at the Meadowlands Racetrack in 2012, which was the topic of a report out of New Jersey hours before the deal was struck.
The report does state, though, that there is no guarantee that the Haskell Invitational --- a marquee thoroughbred stakes event at Monmouth which has been broadcast nationally on mainstream television --- will be renewed in 2012.
In regard to the Meadowlands, the APP report states that Jeff Gural has received an extension to finalize his lease agreement for the raceway due to 'continuing talk over supplementary revenue. The extension has been granted until January 6, 2012.
Official word in regard to a deal has yet to come from neither the New Jersey Government nor the NJTHA.
Standardbred Canada
(With files from the Asbury Park Press)