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Ray of Light Finally Shines on Harness Racing Ohio Standardbred Tracks Are Set to Open Next Week and NEW PLAYERS More Are on the Horizon in the Coming Weeks DRF HARNESS HOME DIGITAL HARNESS EYE HARNESS PPS DRF BETS ENTRIES ARCHIVE THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2020 Ray of light finally shines on Harness Racing Ohio Standardbred tracks are set to open next week and NEW PLAYERS more are on the horizon in the coming weeks modified schedule in June. “We are just being conservative. I’d love to EDITOR’S EYE leave purses where they are, but I don’t think DOUBLE YOUR it would be fiscally responsible,” said Mancino. FIRST DEPOSIT By Derick Giwner “Depending on how things ramp up, we will probably raise the purses back up pretty @DRFHarness quickly, because we have a good cushion in the UP TO $250 purse account.” Finally, some light at the end of the tunnel. JOIN NOW Following a seven-week absence from the North American landscape due to COVID-19 shutdowns, the great sport of Harness Racing is expected to return to the track on May 22. If you had El Dorado Scioto Downs in your “which track will return first?” pool, you win! After receiving final approval from the Ohio State Racing Commission on May 14, both Scioto and Northfield Park were granted permission to return to spectator-less racing. Scioto management relayed that they will Inside this issue hold qualifiers on Saturday, May 16 with an eye on returning to live racing on May 22, Jay Bergman: Integrity requires people while Northfield Park is expecting to qualify to follow the rules, Page 4 on May 18 and commence pari-mutuel racing on or around Tuesday, May 26. Breeders Crown to settle the score in According to Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Battle of the Decade, Page 6 Association Executive Director Renee OHHA PHOTO Mancino, both Northfield and Scioto are OHHA Executive Director Renee Mancino Bell ‘Betting’ on a fresh stallion with a expected to make logical schedule adjustments has been at the forefront of getting racing pair of rookie colts, Page 8 to find the sweet spots on the simulcast calen- back on track in Ohio. dar to take advantage of being the only harness Bob Marks: Random thoughts on tracks currently racing in North America. In addition, Mancino added that all Ohio Sire broodmare sires, Page 9 “We are moving some cards around to stay Stakes events scheduled for 2020 are expected off of signals like Gulfstream,” said Mancino to be completed in their entirety with no reduc- On The Backstretch: Profile of owner on scheduling. “We are all trying to maximize tion in purses. “Our intent is to get the entire Mark Weaver, Page 10 our time.” season in. We have until November to get all of Condition sheets at both Scioto and North- the O.S.S. races done, and if we have anything Comments? Questions? field are expected to offer about a 10-20% to say about it, and we do, there won’t be a purse Email the Editor [email protected] purse cut in most conditions, with the range reduction,” said Mancino, who added that they going from $4,000-to-$18,000 at Scioto as currently plan to race all 66 fairs in the state as opposed to $5,000-to-$22,000 previously. well. Follow The cuts, explained Mancino, are simply a Ohio is not the only region where racing is safeguard considering the unknown return on the immediate horizon. Woodbine CEO Jim of revenue from casino operations, which according to sources could resume with a CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 © 2020 Daily Racing Form, LLC - 10 Grand Central, 3rd Floor, NY, NY 10017 YEARLING PAYMENTS DUE MAY 15* One list and one check keeps your yearlings eligible to these top events. *per USTA rule 12.02 all payments must be postmarked by midnight Monday, May 18 Don’t forget to stake your yearling! 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Lawson announced on May 12 that the current plan is for live racing to Back in New York, downstate tracks like Monticello, Saratoga and commence on June 5 at Woodbine Mohawk Park, with a back-up plan of Yonkers remain in areas which have yet to reach Phase I of the four- June 12 if everything doesn’t fall into place in time. As with all tracks phase plan for the state. While unnamed Saratoga and Yonkers sources right now, there would be no spectators allowed. have hinted that those tracks may return prior to the resumption of Mohawk’s return schedule includes training sessions on Wednes- casino operations if permitted by the state, information from Monti- days and Sundays starting May 27. Up to 50 horses will be permitted cello was unavailable. to attend by online appointment only. Qualifiers would be scheduled in Two more states on hold are Illinois and Massachusetts, which the days leading up to opening night. include Hawthorne and Plainridge, respectively. Hawthorne has No official information was provided on the rescheduling of the C$1 submitted plans to the government on COVID-19 protocols and are still million North America Cup, but indications were given that the event awaiting a decision. Plainridge was supposed to open on June 1, but the would be conducted at the end of August. Massachusetts Gaming Commission voted 5-0 to postpone the opening “We are working through the final details and that should be avail- until further notice. able in the next week or so,” said Lawson. Stay Tuned! Other good news in the industry came from Vernon and Tioga Downs. Owner Jeff Gural stated in a May 11 release that since his tracks are located in regions which the State of New York has approved to start “opening” beginning May 15, he would return to live racing at both facilities as soon as permitted. Whether that means as part of Phase I of the NY plan in late May or a later Phase in June is still up in the air. “They are giving me a hard time classifying it (racing) as agricultural, which is allowed,” said Gural on the current situation in New York. Gural added that the tracks plan to host multiple New York Sire Stakes legs, as well as limited overnight racing. “My guess is that we will race for horses stabled on the ground and Sire Stakes ship-ins,” said Gural. Another track with a more firm date is Hoosier Park in Indiana. The barn area at the track reopened on May 11, qualifiers should resume May 19 and according to a May 13 release, live racing is preliminarily set to start on June 16. Air filled with uncertainty While some regions and tracks have set dates or seem to have a path to live racing, others are in limbo waiting for more news from the Governors or Racing Commissions in their respective states. New Jersey horsemen and The Meadowlands continue to work with government officials to get racing back in action in the state. Unnamed sources seem to point to early June as the most optimistic starting date, but the situation is changing daily. When reached Thursday morning (May 14), Meadowlands operator Jeff Gural was hopeful to hear more on the situation in the next few days. The worst news has been from the state of Pennsylvania, where Pocono, Philadelphia and The Meadows are all on the sidelines. Governor Tom Wolf came out with a statement on May 12 that placed racetracks in the last stage (green) of state openings. No clear outline was given on how long it would take areas to move from red-to- yellow to green. The Meadows appears to be in the best shape as it is DRF Harness Weekend | 3 | May 14, 2020 Visit us online at drf.com/harness Idea of integrity requires all people to follow the rules My friends saw a business opportunity and we all purchased two sets of tickets to each of the Knicks-Lakers championship series jaywalKING home games with the idea that we would sell (scalp) one set of tick- ets and keep the others for ourselves. By Jay Bergman BergmanJay For the first three home games everything went well. I was too young and too law-abiding to participate in any part of this because I knew it was illegal. Two of my friends did the dirty work selling their extra set and mine in the process. Integrity is not our problem. It is our excuse. When it came to the final game of the series, the prices and inter- The world has become filled with finger-pointers and Harness est had gone way up. My guess is so did law enforcement, as one of Racing has its share, you can be certain. As we slowly go through my friends was caught selling his tickets to an undercover cop.
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