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Miscellaneous Thoughts for the end of August 27 Aug 2013 | 02:09 pm
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Thanks to VFTRG contributor Joe F. for coming up with a great article while I will be away for the day taking care of family issues. You may not...
Forget the Numbers, Let's Talk People 26 Aug 2013 | 01:14 am
If you are in Canada, you no doubt have been reading how there are 9,000 less jobs in racing as a result of Ontario's dropping of Slots at Racetracks program. Whether there are those many jobs lost a...
A Columnist Takes Aim at the Writers 24 Aug 2013 | 05:47 am
A columnist in the Sullivan County Democrat blasts the USHWA for not selecting Billy Parker Jr. for the Hall of Fame. At the start of the column, Ken Cohen comes out guns a blazing.... You want to k...
Friday Miscellanery 23 Aug 2013 | 05:56 pm
Most of us have read the reports where Jeff Gural has talked about the success of the Meadowlands this past year, but we haven't heard him say it directly. Here is an interview with Jeff Gural when h...
Goodbye Harnessphere, Hello Social Media 23 Aug 2013 | 02:14 am
Goodbye old friend. Harnessphere, the discussion board run by the USTA will see its last post sometime Friday afternoon as the USTA will be pulling the plug. Why pull the plug now? Quite frankly, H...
A Great Publicity Event which went too Far? 21 Aug 2013 | 11:45 pm
As some of you may know, Fox Sports Channel 1 debuted on Monday and one of the shows is Crowd Goes Wild which is hosted by television host extraordinaire Regis Philbin. On the show, since Regis is ha...
Pardon the Technical Difficulties, We'll be Right Back 21 Aug 2013 | 10:14 pm
You may have noticed my blogging schedule is off, this is due to a family issue which takes precedence. I will continue to post but for the short term, not as often as usual. I look forward to resum...
Must See Racing 20 Aug 2013 | 07:03 pm
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 For those of you who don't normally play Vernon Downs or Tioga, here are two must watch days coming up on the next tw...
Why Can't Each Track Have a Race Like This? 18 Aug 2013 | 11:36 pm
Money makes the horses go around. Let's no kid ourselves, without big stakes races, there would be no harness racing as there would be no horses bred. After all, commercial breeding can't survive on...
HUH? Super Saturday Selections 17 Aug 2013 | 05:22 pm
I think the horsemen of Ontario, both thoroughbred and standardbred should invite Windsor Judge Steve Rogin to the racetrack of his choice for dinner and give him $100 with the provision he wagers it ...
