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The objective of this analysis is to identify harness racing horses via plus or minus scores that are not identifiable in the past performances. Horses whose races are accurately captured in the past performances are not captured here, regardless of how well or poorly they may have raced. Consider all races without comment as WUSIWUG […]
The bewildering world of New Jersey harness racing. Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to – wager on the harness races in New Jersey. Looks like I failed rhyming class. First, The Meadowlands. There were thirteen qualifiers on Thursday, August 22nd (analysis below) in preparation for the two-weekend meet beginning […]
Friday, August 23rd marks the return of harness racing to central New Jersey at Freehold Raceway. Fans of half-mile track racing are glad the standard three-month hiatus is over. You will hear many big track players shake their heads, dumbfoundedly, when small track players express their preference for the smaller ovals. It is similar to […]
Odds bupkis. Bupkis is Yiddish meaning absolutely nothing. And that’s just about what you get when you bet on a horse at odds of 1/5 or less. I am old enough to remember when 8/5 odds meant that the horse with those odds was a huge harness racing favorite. Horses going off the insane 1-9 […]
*** The end of the Meadowlands harness racing meet ended with a bang as one of our previously scored horses paid $138.60 to win on Hambletonian Day *** The tote board at The Meadowlands lit up like The Fourth of July after ROCKNROLL RUNA A paid $138.60 to win the eighth race on Hambo Day. […]
Yonkers and Monticello are two population centers in New York State. If you obey the speed limit laws, you can traverse the ninety miles between their two namesake harness racing tracks in only an hour and a half. Yonkers Raceway is on the outskirts of one of the most populated cities in the world. In […]
Followers of scored horses in this column were rewarded with the 32-1 winner of the $425,000 HAMBLETONIAN MATURITY on Meadowlands Pace night. CHAPERCRAZ was scored because of hidden form not apparent in the past performances. The objective of this analysis is to identify harness racing horses via plus or minus scores that are not identifiable […]
New Jersey is the home state of The Meadowlands Racetrack and Freehold Raceway. With The Meadowlands being the undisputed capital of North America harness race wagering where handles of $3 million are expected on every card, one would think horseplayers in New Jersey would get the highest consideration over any other state in the union. […]
Thursday (July 4) afternoon harness racing returns to Rideau Carleton Raceway this week and they kick off with a 10-dash card. The Pick 5 wager starts in the sixth race and runs through to the tenth. The five-year-old mare Big Cheddar (Betterthancheddar) has won back-to-back races as she heads into Tuesday’s ninth race. Her last two wins […]
The objective of this analysis is to identify harness racing horses via plus or minus scores that are not identifiable in the past performances. Horses whose races are accurately captured in the past performances are not captured here, regardless of how well or poorly they may have raced. Consider all races without comment as WUSIWUG […]
I read Joe Faraldo’s article attacking the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) as an argument that its existence is nothing more than a dream come true for the likes of dubiously named People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and other organizations out to end horse racing in America. He appeared to make […]
Fresh off the fastest trotting mile of harness racing season at the Hippodrome 3R (H3R) last week, a 1:58.2 impressive score, Only For Justice (Justice Hall) returns to headline the $8,500 Preferred Trot on Friday, June 21 in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec. Last week the eight-year-old Only For Justice and driver Francis Picard went the overland route, […]
You always hear from the all-knowing seasoned harness racing handicappers who tell you of the importance of seeking value before you make your wagers. They tell you to form your own opinions of the appropriate odds and then invest your money on the overlays. To that observation we say, “Get out of the twentieth century, […]
The objective of this analysis is to identify harness racing horses via plus or minus scores that are not identifiable in the past performances. Horses whose races are accurately captured in the past performances are not captured here, regardless of how well or poorly they may have raced. Consider all races without comment as WUSIWUG […]
I was a big Buddy Hackett fan. Maybe I am biased because we both served our formative years at New Utrecht High School in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, New York. Albeit he was long gone from those hallowed halls before my first year there. I loved this gambling joke he told because it applies […]
The objective of this analysis is to identify harness racing horses via plus or minus scores that are not identifiable in the past performances. Horses whose races are accurately captured in the past performances are not captured here, regardless of how well or poorly they may have raced. Consider all races without comment as WUSIWUG […]
The objective of this analysis is to identify harness racing horses via plus or minus scores that are not identifiable in the past performances. Horses whose races are accurately captured in the past performances are not captured here, regardless of how well or poorly they may have raced. Consider all races without comment as WUSIWUG […]
State racing commissions have been thorns in the sides of horsemen, horseplayers, and racetracks for as long as I have been following harness racing. Those with the authority to make critical racing judgments are frequently political appointees with no knowledge of the game over which they rule. I have had a few run ins with […]
The objective of this analysis is to identify harness racing horses via plus or minus scores that are not identifiable in the past performances. Horses whose races are accurately captured in the past performances are not captured here, regardless of how well or poorly they may have raced. Consider all races without comment as WUSIWUG […]
The objective of this analysis is to identify harness racing horses via plus or minus scores that are not identifiable in the past performances. Horses whose races are accurately captured in the past performances are not captured here, regardless of how well or poorly they may have raced. Consider all races without comment as WUSIWUG […]
A recent Harnesslink article by John Berry focused on the need to bring more owners into harness racing. To read John Berry’s column, click here. As usual, John had a lot of great ideas. One focus of his was on the need for more partnerships. While we have a few harness racing partnership businesses, the […]
The objective of this analysis is to identify harness racing horses via plus or minus scores that are not identifiable in the past performances. Horses whose races are accurately captured in the past performances are not captured here, regardless of how well or poorly they may have raced. Consider all races without comment as WUSIWUG […]
Harness racing driver “tells” still happen. Since they happen less frequently, and most bettors are playing online, I can let the cat out of the bag. But first, let’s talk about handicapping drivers. Hall-Of-Fame driver, Mike Lachance was one of the best. I read in a recent interview where Lachance downplayed his skills by talking […]
The objective of this analysis is to identify harness racing horses via plus or minus scores that are not identifiable in the past performances. Horses whose races are accurately captured in the past performances are not captured here, regardless of how well or poorly they may have raced. Consider all races without comment as WUSIWUG […]
