Northfield new premier race while horsemen get 10% bump

[dinkadoo]

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.

[The Giss]

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.

[beans and weenies]

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.