tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post1448077168198501030..comments2024-02-01T00:37:24.768-05:00Comments on PTP: The Hambo TripPull the Pockethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05082676049275768769noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-14870851830959380962008-08-12T11:06:00.000-04:002008-08-12T11:06:00.000-04:00Mike Battaglia made a reference to buggies and mis...Mike Battaglia made a reference to buggies and mispronounced Frank Antonacci's name the first time. As for Brothers, all I have is hearsay that she seemed "put out" that she was stuck with a harness racing assignment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-23462157514201367992008-08-12T11:00:00.000-04:002008-08-12T11:00:00.000-04:00Probably some good ideas there Allan. Two days do ...Probably some good ideas there Allan. Two days do not seem to generate the excitement they should and that is the Hambo and the Breeders Crown. <BR/><BR/>I can see the Hambo getting less and less quality since this game has been slots infiltrated. In the old days there were very few Classic races and Hambo day was a day when virtually every top horse would race. I remember back in teh 1980's it was THE day to play and watch. Now the Adios is the same weekend and stakes are peppered everywhere. Not to mention the top younger colts and fillies are raced so few times now.<BR/><BR/>I think it is reason 1,543 why we need a central organization. For the two weeks before and two weeks after a day like the Hambo day a commissioner would make sure that there are zero stakes races scheduled. I think that would ensure that every horse is available for this big day.<BR/><BR/>Will that help? Who knows, we are on the decline, but the Hambo Society and the M can only do so much to attract the best. The rest seems to be out of their hands.Pull the Pockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05082676049275768769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-278175702163269472008-08-12T10:26:00.000-04:002008-08-12T10:26:00.000-04:00I go to the Hambo every year since it moved to the...I go to the Hambo every year since it moved to the Meadowlands and while I would never miss it, I am disappointed the attendance never gets really big (I know 25,000 is a large crowd these day, but the following day at Monmouth, they had 40,000 for Big Brown). The NJSEA should rethink their policy of racing the Haskell the same weekend, you are drawing on the same group of people and there is only so much money available; you are forcing people to choose (not everyone can go to the track both days of the weekend).<BR/><BR/>Other than Dewey, the card was probably one of the weakest Hambo cards. It certainly missed SBSW, but hey, he's a Canadian horse so I can understand why most of his racing occurs in Canada. In the past few years, you had a couple of European horses racing on Hambo day which added to the mystique; perhaps they need to do something to get more European horses over for Hambo day in the future. <BR/><BR/>While the Woodrow Wilson is not the race it once was, moving it to Hambo Day may not be a bad idea. Move the Peter Haughton as well so people will see the future stars on the same day as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-2942040326226204522008-08-12T09:52:00.000-04:002008-08-12T09:52:00.000-04:00I only caught the feature Jeffrey. I was walking a...I only caught the feature Jeffrey. I was walking around and stuff. <BR/><BR/>No one said anything there, but they would not have seen it either. What have you heard? Did you watch?Pull the Pockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05082676049275768769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-11085250178908085072008-08-12T09:47:00.000-04:002008-08-12T09:47:00.000-04:00There has been a lot of negative industry comment ...There has been a lot of negative industry comment about the reporting, and attitudes towards harness racing, exhibited on the NBC telecast by Donna Brothers and esp. by Mike Battaglia, the t-bred announcer. Did you note any of this when you were there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com