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©2021 HORSEMAN PUBLISHING CO., LEXINGTON, KY USA • FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION CALL (859) 276-4026 The Horseracing Integrity Act: A Response To Russell Williams And A Call DON’T BE SHUT OUT! To Build Up, Not Tear Down, The New Law for the hottest sale this winter By Andrew Cohen Kathy Parker did an excellent job last week drawing out USTA president Russell Williams’ views of the newly-en- acted Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA). She asked many of the right questions and Williams answered as fully as he ever has in public. Williams and the USTA exercise a great deal of control over what gets published about harness racing— that’s no secret, right?— so it is very important that Williams’ perspectives on the new February 9 & 10, 2021 federal law, and state racing commissions, and the future of the sport, are not left unchallenged. Williams clearly ENTER ONLINE NOW AT speaks for the USTA. Just as clearly he does not speak for www.bloodedhorse.com all harness racing. As I have written before, it’s not just that Williams and Sale entries will close January 13 or when full. USTA chairman Joe Faraldo are wrong about the HISA. They are. It’s also that they think that the law is so irre- deemable they aren’t even able or willing to give their con- stituents— USTA members like you and me— a list of both its pros and the cons and then say to us: “We think the cons outweigh the pros.” That would at least allow mem- “There’s No Substitute for Experience” bers of the harness racing community an opportunity to JERRY HAWS • P.O. Box 187 • Wilmore, Kentucky 40390 have a meaningful debate over what the law actually does, Phone: (859) 858-4415 • Fax: (859) 858-8498 and does not do, instead of arguing, as we are now, over unsubstantiated allegations that the law will tax us all out of business. Of course it won’t. Delayed Delivery Of Breeders Book The USTA wants us to believe the law is both unconstitu- The Horseman And Fair World magazine’s 2021 Breeders tional and offensive and that’s just not true. The law isn’t Book stallion directory was mailed from the printer near perfect and has never been advertised as being so. No law Louisville, Ky., on Wednesday, Dec. 16. The strained is perfect. HISA is, however, a good step in the right direc- resources of the US Postal Service have resulted in delays tion on integrity and safety that has been taken after years in delivery. Please be patient as the US Postal Service of debate within the racing community. I’ve read it carefully, continues to catch up with mail volume. and you should too, and if you do you’ll see that there is a place in the new federal regime for harness racing, a place that would make the sport safer and fairer for everyone racing’s leaders can negotiate for medication rules that are and, vitally, better protect the industry from future chal- breed specific— including rules that govern the use of Lasix. lenges by state legislators or and/or animal rights activists. There also are procedures in the new law by which harness By that I mean there is a path in the new law, if harness racing could help determine how the money is raised to pay racing has the wisdom to “opt in” to it, whereby harness Continues on page 2 ›››› WHAT’S INSIDE . . . Tanner answers HISA questions—pg. 6 Yonkers track surface gets attention—pg. 11 Gural encourages teamwork—pg. 7 David Miller heading to Pompano—pg. 13 Jockey Club on USTA position—pg. 9 Two AM eyes $500,000 career mark—pg. 14 Western Joe in a good spot—pg. 11 Economic indicators for 2021—pg. 15 HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 2 of 17 January 8, 2021 www.harnessracing.com for federal testing. Don’t be scared into thinking that harness racing participants will automatically be subject to some FREE THIS WEEKEND’S onerous or unfair “tax.” Nothing is written. Harness racing Program has the opportunity, if we are wise enough to take it, to help Pages FEATURED RACES shape the contours of our financial obligations. All times listed are local. You wouldn’t know that from the USTA. “HISA supporters Friday, January 8 refused to countenance the slightest modification during 8:12p M7 Cond. Trackmaster PPs more than three years of USTA effort to get something that 8:34p M8 Cond. Trot Trackmaster PPs we could live with. There is no reason to think that next year Click here to download all Friday PPs would be any different,” Williams said last week in a press release. This is defeatist nonsense, for starters. There is Saturday, January 9 every reason to think that now is the time to “get some- 4:45p MVR3 Claim To Fame Pace div. Trackmaster PPs thing” for harness racing. I know because supporters of 6:45p MVR9 Claim To Fame Pace div. Trackmaster PPs HISA tell me so. Get onboard now so you can have a say in 7:45p MVR12 Open Pace Trackmaster PPs the new rules and regulations, they tell me, over and over 9:18p M10 Cond. Pace Trackmaster PPs again, when they read another missive from the USTA. Click here to download all Saturday PPs Williams’ complaint that no one is playing nice with the USTA is not a new one. The USTA should publicly explain why Williams keeps saying this. Has Mike Tanner been re- peatedly blown off by supporters of the legislation? When? Did Williams’ rants about the legislation— now he calls it a “private coup”— have anything to do with the reception solution is to put that investigative power in the hands of Tanner received? I ask because some of my friends at the people proven willing to use it. Jockey Club have gone on record as saying they have con- It’s a shame that ARCI doesn’t see things differently. If I sistently made overtures to the USTA through Williams and were a racing commissioner I would welcome federal help others, even to the point of offering to travel to Hanover, on integrity enforcement so I could concentrate on the , to meet with Williams in person to discuss many other important things that racing commissions do to Williams’ concerns. Read the email Jim Gagliano of the make our industry run. There clearly is a central role for Jockey Club sent me Tuesday (elsewhere in this edition) lay- state racing commissions under the new law. And I applaud ing out these efforts and addressing many of the USTA’s ar- those racing officials across the country who say they will guments against the new law. support the HISA despite what the USTA says about it. It Meanwhile, for all his talk about how the USTA was ig- takes courage to try something new. It takes common sense nored, the final version of the law contains compromises to try something new when what was old wasn’t working. that benefit harness racing (on the timing of Lasix bans, for We should support public officials who do the right thing. example). Sometimes if you want to be heard you have to Nor is an “elite” cabal in play here, despite what Williams stop shouting. Now Williams is back citing a study by the says. The enemy here is not The Jockey Club and our Thor- Association of Racing Commissioners (ARCI) to frame the oughbred cousins. Besides, harness racing needs more law this way: “When you set up a private corporation con- friends not more enemies. The law purposely limits the trolled by a small elite and give it a blank check to regulate number of “industry” representatives who can help run the racing, racing will sustain economic pressure of unknown show under the FTC’s supervision. The folks but significant magnitude.” This alarmist view ignores the for whom Williams has such evident disdain could no more actual language of the law. The Federal Trade Commission control operation of the integrity or safety investigations oversees the “authority” board established by the law. The under the new law than could Williams himself. It obviously FTC is a governmental agency. hurts harness racing to turn potential allies into adversaries You can understand why ARCI doesn’t like HISA, right? The by imputing bad faith HISA’s supporters. new law takes great power away from racing commission- Let me give you an example of how short-sighted the ers and tries a more modern approach to enforcing integrity USTA’s approach is. I recently spoke with David Siegel, a rules. The reason for this ought to be apparent to every USTA director whose opinion I respect and who we all can member of harness racing’s community. For a variety of trust to offer a smart perspective on what’s happening. reasons, some of which can be remedied and some which Here’s what he told me about a missed opportunity, an un- cannot, state racing commissions have failed, consistently, forced error really, by the USTA: “I tried to get the USTA to adequately police our sport. Williams, to his credit, recog- powers to submit solid candidates as members of the au- nizes this, but then comes up with the wrong solution to the thority, the group that will control this program. I was hop- problem. The solution is not to throw money at state com- ing that we could find candidates that would not ignore the missions so they can beef up their investigative power. The Continues on page 4 ››››

HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 4 of 17 January 8, 2021 www.harnessracing.com unique needs of the . However, these at- Likewise, the USTA has never to my knowledge asked its tempts were rebuffed by Joe and Russell….” The USTA members whether the USTA should join with countless other should publicly explain why its leadership refused to partic- racing industry participants in embracing the new fed- ipate in this initial endeavor under the law. eral law or stand apart, with a handful of other rebels, and More from Siegel, whose work with Trackmaster makes him become an obvious target for our political enemies. Maybe particularly suited to help bring harness racing into the law’s Williams thinks such a vote would be a landslide for his view. fold. “We have an opportunity for a fresh start as the authority I don’t think it would be. Fortunately for harness racing, there and its committees lay out the ground rules,” Siegel told me are plenty of smart people who realize that Williams and Far- by email over the weekend. “I believe that we CAN have a aldo are leading the USTA down the wrong path, a danger- strong influence for our breed to be treated differently than the ous one, that could lead to the end of our industry as we with regard to medication rules. I also think know it. Their voices deserve to be heard, too. that there is plenty of room to discuss cost allocation. I think USTA members should demand of their leadership that this is where our efforts should be targeted, rather than fight every ounce of their efforts now that HISA is real should the constitutional issues, but it is not an either or situation.” be spent not by looking under rocks for reasons to spend Want to tell me that this reasonable view doesn’t represent the millions in federal litigation challenging the law but in- view of a majority of USTA members? Let’s all vote on it. stead on negotiating for the industry’s interests within Finally, a few words about Williams’ description of the way the boundaries of the law. The time is now to take a new the USTA works. The idea that the harness racing commu- approach to an old problem. The chance is here to work nity “democratically elects” the association’s board of direc- with those for whom we have common cause, including tors is an insult to democracy and every member. When was our friends in the Thoroughbred industry, to make the the last time you heard from your Board Member to ask for new federal law work for harness racing. That’s the smart your input before an important vote was taken? Surely, no path forward. We just need leaders with the wisdom to one asked me if I thought it was a good idea for the USTA help get us there. last spring to authorize spending $425,000 to undermine the federal legislation while it was laying off employees and op- Andrew Cohen, a lawyer and journalist, is a second-generation Standard- erating in a budget deficit. Do you think a majority of USTA bred owner and breeder. He wrote the First Over column for The Horse- man and Fair World magazine and harnessracing.com for many years. members would have struck that bargain? Me neither.

HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 6 of 17 January 8, 2021 www.harnessracing.com Tanner Answers Questions brought that to a halt. That does not include visits with state About USTA Involvement racing commissions, various industry organizations, or other interested parties. Mike Tanner, executive vice president of the US Trotting In those meetings, we asked to be let out of the bill, and Association (USTA), answered the following questions explained why it would be bad for harness racing. Failing from Andrew Cohen regarding the USTA’s history of that, we said, we have three requests: the bill should allow involvement in the creation of the HISA legislation and Lasix for those that need it, there should be separate future participation. rules for separate breeds, and there should be fair represen- tation on the board and fee allocations. That was it. We did I am told that USTA directors recently rejected a suggestion not get any of it, and we were told that changes would not that the USTA contribute names/suggestions for member- happen unless the bill’s proponents—specifically, The ship in the “authority” committees now being formed Jockey Club—approved them. under the HISA. Is there an explanation for why the USTA There were two House subcommittee hearings held on the chose not to participate in this initial endeavor? bill, one in June 2018 and the other in January 2020. We The USTA did not “choose” not to participate in this initial were relatively new to the party in the spring of 2018 and endeavor. Jurisdiction is a statutory necessity, and nowhere did not get a spot at the witness table. By the beginning of does the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) extend 2020, we had been more active on the Hill in opposing the its jurisdiction to harness racing. There is no legal basis for bill than any other organization and had already been in the USTA to engage in committee-building under a law that more than 200 offices for meetings. In those sessions, we applies only to participants, and it outlined why a per-start surcharge would mean that harness would be arrogant for the USTA to disregard that fact and racing would pay more for the Authority than any other interpose itself in the regulation of Thoroughbred racing. breed (more than $13 million per year), including the Thor- Further, USTA directors view HISA as unconstitutional. oughbreds. We campaigned hard to have either Russell or Committee-building would be inconsistent with that posi- me chosen as a witness, and even interviewed with the sub- tion and could possibly compromise the USTA’s ability to committee’s counsel, who respectfully told me that it was seek legal redress. If HISA’s jurisdiction is somehow ex- very unlikely that we would be selected because of the poli- tended to harness racing in the first place, and the new tics of the matter, or words to that effect. HISA survives constitutional scrutiny in the proper judicial There was nothing he could do, he said. So, I asked him, forum in the second, the Authority would have to make ap- “We are going to pay for most of this thing if it passes, propriate room for harness racing as a matter of due but we are not good enough to make our case in the hear- process, among other reasons. We would have ample op- ing?” He just said that he understood why I would be portunity to make suggestions for membership at that time. upset. We ended up submitting a written statement for the record. The campaign for a USTA witness at the hearing Mike, are you prepared to offer public details about your in- should shine a little meaningful light on the word, “re- teractions with supporters of the legislation? I am trying to buffed,” in your question. understand better what USTA members/directors mean Even in the face of being denied participation in the hear- when they say you were rebuffed. By whom? The Jockey ing, I flew to Washington anyway and attended the hearing Club? Lobbyists? I would also like to know if you are aware as a member of the gallery. The panel was comprised of The of any efforts by supporters of the legislation to reach out to Jockey Club Vice-Chairman, one of his lobbyists, a retired Russell (Williams)to try to discuss details of the (now) law. Hall of Fame jockey, a advisor to the Humane Toward the end of 2016, two Jockey Club representatives Society of the United States, the head of the Association of came up to Columbus to meet with Phil Langley, who was Racing Commissioners International (who had already ap- the USTA president then, and me. They told us that they peared as a witness at the June 2018 hearing), the chairman were prepared to retool the proposed Thoroughbred of a Thoroughbred racetrack in , and a veterinar- Horseracing Integrity Act, which had gone nowhere in that ian. Harness racing was mentioned exactly twice, I believe, Congress, as a broader, more inclusive bill. We had signifi- in nearly three hours. cant concerns, even back then, with the lack of differentia- During the hearing, The Jockey Club witness explained tion amongst the breeds, and told them we did not want to in one answer that, yes, indeed, the per-start funding be part of it. They thanked us for our time and that was mechanism was at the foundation of The Jockey Club’s that as far as we knew. The following spring, I received a cost estimates for the newly-created authority. It was courtesy phone call from The Jockey Club telling me that the sobering, to say the least. That answer also aligned with bill would be introduced the next day, and that we were in it. what several staffers had told us earlier; adding Stan- The USTA first took meetings on Capitol Hill in early 2018. dardbreds to the mix was about the economics of making I was involved in the vast majority of them. Overall, I made the regulatory scheme work. The inclusion of harness rac- 22 business trips to Washington, D.C. until the pandemic Continues on page 7 ›››› HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 7 of 17 January 8, 2021 www.harnessracing.com ing would be an added, and quite significant, revenue stream. It had nothing to do with the health and welfare Gural: Let’s Work Together of the Standardbred horse. To Be Included In HISA Not counting the meeting in September 2016, I had two conversations with Jockey Club executives about the leg- The following was submitted for publication by islation. At my request in April 2019, I met informally Meadowlands chairman Jeff Gural in response to with Matt Iuliano in the TJC offices in Lexington, Ken- comments by USTA president Russell Williams about tucky. Matt brought me up to speed on the progress of HISA, which appeared in last week’s edition of Har- the bill from The Jockey Club perspective, and we nessRacing Weekend Preview. touched upon the funding aspect of it. I left thinking that “In response to your interview with Russell last week, there might be some room for movement regarding Lasix I would like to publicly propose that we hit the pause and breed-specific rules, but when we subsequently button as obviously this has become personal between talked to Rep. Tonko’s office (Tonko was an early sponsor us and that is not good for anybody. The good news is of the effort), we were told that we were mistaken. that as a result of the election in Georgia, I would expect In September 2020, after the Horseracing Integrity & that Senator Schumer, who is a friend, will replace Sen- Safety Act text was put together but before the text of the ator McConnell as the Senate Majority Leader and I think bill had been released publicly, Jim Gagliano phoned to ad- it will be easier for us to be able to amend the existing vise me that the bill was going to pass, that there would be law since McConnell had insisted on taking the Stan- no amendments, and that now was the time to climb on- dardbreds out of the legislation in order to avoid oppo- board if we wanted to have a seat at the table. I told Jim sition from the USTA. that I thought my board would be open to that, and that we “I would like to propose that we try to form a commit- wanted to meet and negotiate directly with him and The tee, acceptable to myself and to Russell, that would work Jockey Club. He told me that Jeff Gural would have to be in- with the legislature to amend the existing bill so that it volved in all discussions regarding the bill. I asked Jim if he works for our industry. As I see it the three main issues could send me a copy of the legislation—we had not seen it are the cost (which is a legitimate issue), Lasix (which is and wanted to know what was in it— but he told me that probably the most difficult but if in fact it is proven to be while he had it in his possession, it was only being shared a performance-enhancing drug, how can we justify its with supporters, and that I would have to find a way to get use) and lastly are the withdrawal times for certain med- a copy on my own. The substance of that conversation con- ications (which we can rely on science as they should be firmed what I already knew. The HISA was never going to be different than the Thoroughbreds). I would expect that formally considered in a normal legislative process, and the there are going to be more arrests as a result of the in- delay in the release of the text was to prevent the opposi- formation that was uncovered by the FBI and I assume tion from having time to counter its provisions. that the animal rights activist groups would want to Around this time, Jeff Gural reached out to Russell via know why the overwhelming majority of people arrested email, copying the entire USTA board. He said that he were in the Stardardbred business and yet we have re- could get us what we need, that The Jockey Club would fused to follow the Thoroughbreds in trying to clean up listen to him, and that it would be in our best interests to the drug issue. Hopefully we can work together for the go through him on this. Despite his grave misgivings, benefit of the industry as I assume the USTA would like Russell drafted a response with our concerns and re- to see the use of illegal drugs disappear.” quests, then sent it to Jeff. That went nowhere. There was no sit-down meeting, no back and forth, no dialogue. We were just told that the bill was going to pass, and that was that. I received an email from Jeff telling me that the Do you want MORE? whole racing world was laughing at us because we were not getting in line to support the bill. MORE in-depth content & information HISA is now law, having been inserted into a gigantic om- MORE interviews & feature stories nibus bill in violation of Senator McConnell’s promise to MORE stakes & sales results other Senate members to give HISA a stand-alone, roll-call MORE statistical reports vote, so only Congress can repeal or alter it. 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Jockey Club Addresses HISA, My understanding is that Mr. Williams doesn’t see it as an USTA’s Position On New Law opportunity because he fears that state commissions will choose to exercise the above-referenced option to the detri- The Jockey Club provided the following statement to writer ment of . Previously, he lauded the wisdom of Andrew Cohen on Tuesday, Jan. 5. the state regulators as a key reason for maintaining the status The Jockey Club and our industry colleagues who support quo; now, it seems, he is not so sure that they are truly wise. Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) have always • One of the USTA’s earliest criticisms of the HIA and of the been open to entertain dialogue about the legislation. Start- Racing Medication & Testing Consortium (from which the ing with the time that the Horseracing Integrity Act (HIA) USTA withdrew in a fight over uniform clenbuterol rules) was was first introduced in 2015 and continuing well into 2018, the failure to account for the differences in equine racehorses The Jockey Club and USTA had been directly communicat- when crafting medication regulations. Among the core provi- ing regarding the HIA. In June 2018, USTA’s steadfast oppo- sions of the HISA’s anti-doping requirements is the require- sition to the concept of a federal approach became ment that the “Authority shall consider the unique abundantly clear when Russell Williams wrote an article characteristics of [each] such breed” that elects to become avowing USTA’s opposition to the HIA that inaccurately de- subject to its rules. The HISA specifically answers that criti- scribed many aspects of the bill. Following an attempt by cism and requires the Authority to treat the breeds differently. me to clarify the article’s errors, Mr. Williams refused my • We are well aware of the oft-stated criticism that elite previous invitation to attend that year’s The Jockey Club Thoroughbred interests are seeking to saddle Standardbred Round Table Conference and Chairman’s dinner and also re- owners with Thoroughbred costs. Under the HISA, each jected an offer by me to visit his farm to discuss the HIA breed’s industry will pay its own way because it requires matters further. that fees paid to cover the HISA system costs of one breed Since then, Mr. Williams has been prolific in his public op- cannot be used for other breeds. position to the HIA and the recently-enacted HISA – sharing • We also heard of the fear that small tracks will be put out in detail (often clearly erroneous) views on the legislation of business due to the creation of new, more stringent, and clearly establishing USTA’s opposition to any solution safety regulations. The HISA addresses this as well – its pro- involving federal legislation. Quite frankly, he has made his visions regarding racetrack surface safety require that the and USTA’s positions on a variety of aspects of the HIA and Authority to take into account the differing characters of HISA well-known. racetracks and regional differences. In other words, large Despite the vitriol, the drafters of the HISA weeded tracks, small tracks, Thoroughbred tracks and Standardbred through many of the USTA’s criticisms and included in the tracks must be viewed differently under the HISA system. bill some very key points that will be beneficial to the Stan- The supporters of the HISA and the USTA may not have dardbred (and Quarter Horse) industry: been conversing directly in the recent past, but as the • The Horseracing Integrity Acts of 2017 and 2019 specifi- points above show we have clearly heard them. cally included Standardbreds as regulated horses. This pro- I would be remiss if I did not respond to Mr. Williams’ re- vision was removed from the HISA and, instead, the HISA cent announcement of the creation of a legal fund to chal- gives the USTA and state regulators the choice of whether lenge the constitutionality of the HISA in court. We have yet or not to enjoy the benefits of the HISA system for Stan- to see this mysterious legal opinion that he has been refer- dardbreds. This enables the USTA, Standardbred industry ring to but the HISA has been vetted by teams of learned at- supporters of the HISA (including, notably, the proprietors torneys and legal scholars on numerous occasions and it of the Meadowlands and the Red Mile) and state regulators has been found to be well within constitutional bounds. the opportunity to assess the success of the HISA system Lastly, and to repeat, we are open to meeting with sup- before they make the choice to opt in. I think that this is a porters and opponents of the HISA to discuss its provisions wonderful opportunity for them. and our understanding of the next steps. 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&++$ā1RUWK0DLQ6Wā6DOHP1+ā--āZZZFKKDQHWāFKKD#FRPFDVWQHW HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 13 of 17 January 8, 2021 www.harnessracing.com David Miller Set To Head To Pompano Park Although he had only two wins on the Jan. 2 opening card of the 2021 meet at the Meadowlands, driver David Miller also had seven second-place finishes. As a result of his pair of victories and severe case of seconditis, Miller amassed the most purse earnings of any driver with a total of

Chris Gooden Photo $39,500. Miller will be back in action this weekend at the Big M, but then he’ll be off to warmer weather. He plans to begin driving at Pompano Park on Monday. “I’m going down there to work this year,” said the Hall of Famer Miller, who has been David making annual stops at Pom- Miller pano to participate as team captain in a pro/amateur driv- ers competition against a -captained team. While Miller led the way in opening-night Meadowlands purse earnings, and Dexter Dunn weren’t far behind as they respectively amassed $38,905 and $36,400. Both Dunn and Gingras, who respectively finished one-two in the Meadowland’s dash chase in 2020, won three races on the opening card. While Dunn will have a chance to add more wins to his Big M total this weekend, Gingras is taking a short break to spend time with his family before his children get back to schoolwork. Included among Dunn’s drives last Saturday was a scintil- lating 1:48.1 victory with Let It Ride N, a 7-year-old Rock N Roll Heaven gelding who is now a perfect five-for-five since arriving stateside after a career competing Down Under. The Nifty Norman trainee won his debut last fall at Harrah’s HarnessRacing Weekend Preview Philadelphia and then worked his way up the ranks with Kathy Parker Heather Kemper two straight at the Meadowlands and another at Dover [email protected] [email protected] Downs to close out the year. Editor/ General Manager Production Manager Owned by Enzed Racing Stable, Let It Ride N has already Lynne Myers Vanessa Flannery [email protected] [email protected] earned $46,650 in his five US starts, with $14,000 coming Advertising Manager Accounting & Circulation from his win last time out in the $28,000 Open/Preferred Gordon Waterstone Pace. Overall, Let It Ride N’s earnings now stand at $360,958 [email protected] Associate Editor racing in two hemispheres. Norman was two-for-three last Saturday night, with his For mail sent via U.S. Postal Service, either P.O. Box 8480, Lexington, KY 40533, other wins coming with Marlie Hanover and Franco Totem or 1910 Harrodsburg Rd., Suite 200, Lexington, KY 40503. (859) 276-4026

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To sign up for the Weekend Preview please visit www.harnessracing.com/members_sign_up.php HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 14 of 17 January 8, 2021 www.harnessracing.com Two AM Eyes $500,000 “He made a couple breaks the last couple times he raced at Northfield,” said Buter. “Out of the blue, Jessica gave me Mark In Career Earnings a call and asked if I would give him a try. They thought he At approximately 8:35 pm on Friday night at the Meadow- needed a change of scenery and a bigger track. lands, Two AM will be on the racetrack, with the 7-year-old “It seems like all horses like coming to the Meadowlands gelding trotter starting from post 10 in Race 8. While a vic- if they have some ability, and he definitely shows that he tory in the $15,500 conditioned event would be nice, any has some. The track is a nice, kind surface all year round; it’s check earned by Two AM will push his career earnings past always in good shape.” the $500,000 mark. After finishing third in his Big M debut for his Trained by Todd Buter and driven by his son, “I wished he had new trainer on Nov. 20, Fingals Wave won a Tyler, Two AM returns to the Big M for the first drawn a little $10,000 overnight on Nov. 27 in 1:55, missing time since Oct. 30, having made his last six better than the his career mark of 1:54.4 set last year at The starts at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, 10 hole, but if Meadows by just one-fifth of a second. Up in Yonkers, and most recently on the Christmas there’s 10 in it, class his next three starts, Fingals Wave has had Eve afternoon program at Harrah’s Philadelphia, somebody’s got to settle for a third, eighth and then a 10th his where he finished third. to be the 10.” last time out after making a break behind the Two AM comes into Friday’s race with 101 ca- –Todd Buter gate from post 1. reer starts under his belt, with 33 wins helping about Two AM “He was a little hot going to the gate and the bring his earnings to $499,284 for owners Buter inside post just didn’t agree with him, it seems Farm, Lynette Buter, and William and Carol Fuhs. like,” said Buter. “But he trained good (Wednesday) and he “I hope he gets there,” Todd Buter answered when asked seems sound and healthy.” about the trotter reaching the half-million-dollar mark in Fingals Wave started in a $15,500 contest last time out and earnings. “I wished he had drawn a little better than the 10 gets some class relief on Friday night after making the hole, but if there’s 10 in it, somebody’s got to be the 10, break. right?” Buter will have another trotter racing on Saturday at the Twenty-three of Two Am’s career starts have come at the Meadowlands who is closing in on the $500,000 mark in ca- Meadowlands, with his five victories over the mile track in- reer earnings but unlike Two AM, this one won’t have a cluding a career-best 1:52.2 effort as a 3 year old in 2017 chance to add to his total. when he won a $50,000 Townsend Ackerman division. Buter will be qualifying the 6-year-old Explosive Matter “In his last start at Chester he finished third, and went a gelding Rich And Miserable on Saturday, starting from post good race, and now we’re back to the Meadowlands, and 6 in the first of six qualifiers. It will be the first appearance he’s always liked the Meadowlands,” said Buter, who trains for Rich And Miserable since he won a $21,000 conditioned a stable of 12 at Mark Ford’s training center in Middletown, trot on Dec. 4 at the Meadowlands, which brought his ca- N.Y. reer earnings to $473,486 for the same ownership group as A $30,000 yearling purchase, Buter has trained the son of Two AM. Muscle Massive his entire racing career. “He won that last start and between the Meadowlands and “He’s been good to us,” said Buter. “He’s a trotter who Harrah’s Philadelphia, which is now closed, I couldn’t get takes good care of himself.” him in,” said Buter. “I’ve been naming him into the Opens Team Buter will also send out Fingals Wave from post 7 in and there just hasn’t been enough to fill the race. So he’s Race 7 on Friday night, a $12,500 conditioned trot. Fingals been on a little bit of a break, so I thought now, it’s been 30 Wave is owned by Paul and Patricia O’Neil, who purchased days so we’ll give him a qualifier.” the trotter at the 2019 mixed sale in Harrisburg for $75,000. Buter said he hopes Meadowlands’ race secretary Scott Fingals Wave comes into Friday’s race with six wins in 42 Warren can drum up enough trotters to fill the Open in the starts and $125,537 in earnings. coming weeks. The 5-year-old Kadabra gelding has been in the Buter barn “I don’t really want to take him back to Yonkers to race him since early November after competing at Northfield Park for because he just hasn’t been as comfortable there as he’s trainer Jessica Roegner. been,” said Buter.—By Gordon Waterstone HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 15 of 17 January 8, 2021 www.harnessracing.com U.S. Harness Racing Economic “Obviously it was a very difficult year for everyone in har- Indicators For 2020 ness racing, especially for our horsemen, racetracks and everyone whose employment depends on our industry,” With the suspension of racing for about three months dur- said USTA Executive Vice President and CEO Mike Tanner. ing 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, total wagering at “All of them should be commended for their efforts and all U.S. harness tracks for the year was down by 18.39 per- compliance with the required health and safety measures cent from $1,424,886,558 in 2019 to $1,162,848,201, a de- that allowed us to return to racing. And we’d like to thank all crease of $263,038,357. of our loyal harness racing fans for their continued support In addition, the amount of purses distributed was down through tough times.” significantly by 30.82 percent. In 2020, horsemen earned a Please note: The information above includes U.S. and total of $304,059,115 a decrease of $135,486,904 from the Canadian common and separate pool wagers on races con- $439,546,019 in 2019 purses. tested in the U.S.—USTA/Dan Leary The 2,358 race days in 2020 was 1,066 less than the 3,424 race days in 2019, a 31.13 percent decrease. Despite all of the lost race days, the per race wagering av- erage increased by 10.5 percent from $5,008 in 2019 to $5,534 in 2020. To better understand the negative impact that the COVID- 19 pandemic and the lengthy suspension of racing during 2020 had on the numbers, the economic indicators are bro- ken down into three categories. 1. The year-to-year economic indicators for 2020 compared to 2019. 2. The “Before COVID” economic indicators before the shutdowns caused by the pandemic comparing Jan. 1 to March 22, 2020 to the same timeframe in 2019. 3. The “After COVID” economic indicators after tracks re- sumed racing following the shutdowns comparing June 1 to Dec. 31, 2020 to the same timeframe in 2019. Following are the comparative economic indicators for U.S. harness racing from 2019 to 2020. ECONOMIC INDICATORS ON U.S. RACES YEAR-TO-YEAR COMPARISON JAN. 1-DEC. 31, 2020 2020 2019 % Change Total Wagered $1,162,848,201 $1,424,886,558 -18.39% Per Race avg. $45,140 $39,991 +12.87% Per Betting Interest $5,534 $5,008 +10.50% Purses $304,059,115 $439,546,019 -30.82% Race Days 2,358 3,424 -31.13%

BEFORE COVID — JAN. 1-MARCH 22, 2020 2020 2019 % Change Total Wagered $299,074,258 $315,189,172 -5.11% Per Race avg. $52,756 $56,976 -7.41% Per Betting Interest $6,594 $6,975 -5.46% Purses $53,949,205 $52,804,155 +2.17% Race Days 474 455 +4.18%

AFTER COVID — June 1-Dec. 31, 2020 2020 2019 % Change Total Wagered $844,385,389 $796,464,289 +6.02% Per Race avg. $42,414 $35,097 +20.85% Per Betting Interest $5,173 $4,414 +17.20% Purses $248,668,418 $306,707,985 -18.92% Race Days 1,866 2,339 -20.22% HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 16 of 17 January 8, 2021 www.harnessracing.com

Meadowlands looks to keep betting on a roll OHHA to hold virtual awards With the stars in perfect alignment, wagering at the Mead- banquet on Jan. 16 owlands has been booming of late. In fact, with the track Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ohio Harness Horse- dark each of the last two holiday-season Fridays, the Satur- men’s Association (OHHA) will not hold its annual awards days (Dec. 26 and Jan. 2) that followed saw cumulative han- banquet and membership meeting but will instead present dle batter the $8-million barrier. more a virtual awards show on the OHHA YouTube channel on Another million-dollar night for Pompano Park Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. more Image Of A Dream, craftily handled by Rick Plano, closed No eliminations for Empire fastest of all to capture Pompano Park’s $11,500 Open Hand- icap Pace for Mares on Tuesday night (Jan. 5) as the track Breeders Classics in 2021 made history with its first back-to-back million-dollar-plus The $1 million(e) Empire Breeders Classic (EBC) stakes for handle nights in its 57-year history. more 3-year-old New York sired trotters and pacers will be raced Hatter named new Freehold race announcer without eliminations in 2021. This format was implemented for the 2020 EBC trotting races and the 2020 EBC colt pace Racing fans at will hear a new voice went straight to the final with ten declarations. more starting Thursday, Jan. 7, when Edison Hatter begins his tenure as the race caller. more Zweig Memorial set Vinny Fusco Jr. Series set for Freehold; for Aug. 28 at Vernon Downs Obrigado back The 47th Dr. Harry M. Zweig Memorial, an open event for Twenty-four New Jersey-owned, sired, or foaled pacing fil- 3-year-old trotting fillies and colts, will be raced on Satur- lies and mares will take center stage at Freehold Raceway day, Aug. 28, at Vernon Downs. A release from Jan. 4 con- on Friday (Jan. 8), as the Vinny Fusco Jr. Memorial Pacing tained an incorrect date. more Series begins. more Breedings available to benefit Beaumond Hanover sold to Pollack/Cullipher Pacing For The Cure Standardbred Canada is reporting that multiple Ontario Pacing For The Cure would like to thank the generous Sires Stakes winner Beaumond Hanover has been sold in sponsors who have donated breedings for the 2021 Stud advance of his 4-year-old campaign. more Fees For Scooters. Pacing For The Cure is a 501(C) (3) non- Wisher named Delaware Valley profit organization whose mission is to help those living Caretaker of the Year with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) obtain financial assistance for David Wisher, of Smyrna, Del., was named the Delaware medical equipment and services to manage this debilitating Valley Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Associ- disease of the central nervous system as well as fund cut- ation’s Caretaker of the Year for 2020. more ting edge MS research. more

2021 UPDATE Due to factors beyond our control, the 2021 Huff’s National Fair Directory will likely be published later than usual. Please email any questions to Further information Lynne Myers at [email protected] will be provided when it is available. “Fair Time Is Fun Time” HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 17 of 17 January 8, 2021 www.harnessracing.com

Harness Racing Leaders Leading Breeders Compiled by the USTA—through January 6, 2021. Breeder Starters Winners Wins Earnings Winbak Farm 102 13 13 91,617 Leading North American-Based Money-Winning Horses Hanover Shoe Farms Inc. 116 11 11 81,345 Sts. W P S Earnings Blue Chip Bloodstock Inc. 25 4 4 23,073 Let It Ride N (8pg) 1 1 0 0 $14,000 Steve Stewart 26 3 3 22,741 Soho Burning Love A (7pm) 1 1 0 0 11,000 Vieux Carre Farms 19 3 3 19,595 Pat Matters (6tm) 1 1 0 0 10,000 Diamond Creek Farm LLC 19 2 2 19,510 Workinitonbroadway (5tg) 1 1 0 0 10,000 Brittany Farms LLC 20 2 2 18,557 My Last Bet (5pm) 1 1 0 0 9,600 Robert McIntosh Stables Inc. 16 4 4 18,410 Midland Acres Inc. 33 3 3 17,845 De Los Cielos Deo (5pg) 1 1 0 0 9,500 Fox Valley Standardbreds 14 2 2 15,889 Marloe Hanover (4pm) 1 1 0 0 9,500 George Teague Jr Inc. 7 2 2 14,842 Secret Threat (9ph) 1 1 0 0 7,875 K R Breeding LLC 6 2 2 14,375 Voracity (8pg) 1 1 0 0 7,875 N. F. Nixon 1 1 1 14,000 My Pal Joe (4pg) 1 1 0 0 7,750 M. Carson 2 1 1 14,000 Paduka N (7pg) 1 1 0 0 7,750 Spring Haven Farm 17 1 1 13,277 King Alphonso (4th) 1 1 0 0 7,750 Thisisshe (6tm) 1 1 0 0 7,750 Leading Money-Winning Sires Sweet Mr Pinetucky (7tg) 1 1 0 0 7,200 USTA statistics through January 6, 2021 In And Out Again (5pm) 1 1 0 0 7,200 All Age Pacers Sire Name Foals Starters Earnings Leading Money-Winning Drivers BETTOR'S DELIGHT ...... 1690 ...... 82 ...... $78,903 Starts W-P-S UDR Earnings SOMEBEACHSOMEWHERE 1081 ...... 76 ...... $76,645 Aaron Merriman 62 13-13-5 .353 $71,787 MACH THREE ...... 1172 ...... 55 ...... $55,032 SWEET LOU ...... 377 ...... 26 ...... $45,992 Tim Tetrick 30 10-5-4 .470 68,025 AMERICAN IDEAL ...... 1270 ...... 52 ...... $39,956 Chris Page 43 8-7-6 .323 66,198 PET ROCK ...... 408 ...... 49 ...... $35,178 Trace Tetrick 31 11-0-6 .419 64,529 WELL SAID ...... 819 ...... 36 ...... $34,027 Dexter Dunn 23 5-3-2 .319 53,780 ROCKIN IMAGE ...... 775 ...... 42 ...... $32,234 Ryan Stahl 53 11-4-2 .262 53,313 ROLL WITH JOE ...... 505 ...... 30 ...... $30,338 SPORTSWRITER ...... 992 ...... 32 ...... $30,335 Wally Hennessey 32 10-6-5 .469 46,838 CAPTAINTREACHEROUS ...... 446 ...... 14 ...... $28,595 Kurt Sugg 52 8-7-7 .274 41,757 ALWAYS A VIRGIN ...... 884 ...... 41 ...... $27,484 Josh Sutton 28 4-6-5 .321 40,528 ROCK N ROLL HEAVEN ...... 542 ...... 38 ...... $26,625 Brett Miller 38 4-8-3 .249 40,242 DRAGON AGAIN ...... 1027 ...... 46 ...... $26,306 Montrell Teague 17 5-2-4 .438 39,633 WESTERN TERROR ...... 974 ...... 33 ...... $25,999 REAL DESIRE ...... 801 ...... 27 ...... $25,224 David Miller 13 2-7-1 .479 39,550 ART MAJOR ...... 1253 ...... 50 ...... $21,355 Corey Callahan 37 4-3-5 .198 39,502 ART OFFICIAL ...... 348 ...... 13 ...... $21,210 Greg Grismore 45 6-8-3 .254 39,189 SHADOW PLAY ...... 789 ...... 22 ...... $20,599 Yannick Gingras 15 3-2-3 .341 38,905 MCARDLE ...... 736 ...... 38 ...... $18,027 All Age Trotters Sire Name Foals Starters Earnings Leading Money-Winning Trainers CANTAB HALL ...... 1171 ...... 31 ...... $32,191 Starts W-P-S UTR Earnings MUSCLE MASS ...... 824 ...... 21 ...... $26,209 Ron Burke 27 7-6-2 .407 $62,176 EXPLOSIVE MATTER ...... 681 ...... 24 ...... $24,227 R. Nifty Norman 5 3-1-0 .711 39,950 KADABRA ...... 1079 ...... 25 ...... $22,572 ...... 882 ...... 11 ...... $22,236 Joseph Columbo 23 6-2-3 .353 35,400 CONWAY HALL ...... 934 ...... 16 ...... $20,390 Bill Rhoades 16 4-3-2 .396 29,609 SWAN FOR ALL ...... 740 ...... 19 ...... $19,816 Jim King Jr. 11 2-2-3 .374 28,295 UNCLE PETER ...... 346 ...... 17 ...... $17,663 Tyler George 7 4-0-1 .619 26,208 BROADWAY HALL ...... 597 ...... 7 ...... $16,764 Sam Schillaci 27 3-5-1 .226 22,935 CRAZED ...... 545 ...... 13 ...... $16,195 YANKEE GLIDE ...... 834 ...... 17 ...... $15,564 Melissa Beckwith 13 3-2-2 .368 18,096 ANGUS HALL ...... 1020 ...... 14 ...... $14,809 Rick Plano 16 3-0-3 .250 17,784 MY MVP ...... 110 ...... 6 ...... $13,970 Jessica Roegner 11 4-2-1 .495 16,750 DONATO HANOVER ...... 1057 ...... 14 ...... $12,746 C. Brian Loney 10 3-0-2 .367 15,568 WISHING STONE ...... 151 ...... 9 ...... $12,325 Scott Di Domenico 16 1-2-4 .215 14,784 CREDIT WINNER ...... 947 ...... 9 ...... $11,410 PINETUCKY ...... 268 ...... 3 ...... $11,028 Edwin Quevedo 5 2-2-1 .689 14,730 DONTYOUFORGETIT ...... 172 ...... 15 ...... $10,947 Jennifer Bongiorno 9 1-2-1 .272 14,635 CASSIS ...... 146 ...... 4 ...... $10,700 Jeff Cullipher 8 0-3-0 .208 13,564 LIONHUNTER ...... 74 ...... 8 ...... $10,515