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HARNESS TRACKS OF AMERICAExecutive NewsletterA daily fax and e-mail report on racing and gaming developments in North America and beyondStanley F. Bergstein, EditorHTA’S NOVA WINNERS OF 2005The racing secretaries of Harness Tracks ofAmerica’s 41 members have chosen their 12 divisionalchampions of 2005, whose owners willbe presented with bronze Novas at Bellagio inLas Vegas during the Racing Congress onWednesday, Feb. 8. The winners are:2-year-old pacing colt: Jereme’s Jet, winner of$1,039,376 and 6 of 7 starts, owned by JoleneLeahy’s Genesis Racing Stable, Plainfield, IL.2-year-old pacing filly: Darlin’s Delight, winnerof $560,404 and 9 races, and first or second inall 14 starts, owned by Joseph Parisi’s WhiteBirch Farm, Allentown, NJ.3-year-old pacing colt: Rocknroll Hanover, winnerof $2,223,257 and 12 races, and first, secondor third in all 18 starts, owned by Jeffrey S.Snyder, New York City; Phyllis Campbell’sLothlorien Equestrian Centre, Mississauga,Ontario; and William J. Perretti, Cream Ridge,NJ.3-year-old pacing filly: Cabrini Hanover, winnerof $917,440 and 8 races, and first, second orthird in all 18 starts, owned by David S. Willmot,King City, Ontario, and Bob M. Anderson, St.Thomas, Ontario.Older male pacer: Boulder Creek, winner of$978,645 and first, second or third in 15 of 25starts, owned by Clifford D. Siegel, Staten Island,NY; Lee S. Wasserman, Brooklyn, NY;and John A. Fodera, Staten Island, NY.Pacing mare: Loyal Opposition, winner of$673,525 and 14 of 20 races, owned byDaniel Waxman, Ancaster, Ontario.December 16, 20052-year-old trotting colt: Chocolatier, winner of$508,250 and 8 of 10 races, owned by Doug andAda Jean Ackerman’s Doug Ackerman Stables,LaPorte, IN.2-year-old trotting filly: Passionate Glide, winnerof $638,947 and first or second in 10 of 11races, owned by George Segal’s Brittany Farms,Versailles, KY.3-year-old trotting colt: Vivid Photo, winner of$1,481,020 and first or second in 21 of 25 races,owned by Roger R. Hammer, Bedford, PA, andTodd M. Schadel, Gratz, PA.3-year-old trotting filly: Blur, winner of $867,453and 7 of 12 races, owned by Barry Goldstein,Hewlett, NY.Older male trotter: Hellava Hush, winner of$522,720 and first, second or third in 15 of 21races, owned by Joseph Chnapko, Livingston,NJ.Trotting mare: Peaceful Way, winner of$660,804 and 9 of 10 races, owned by Josephand Barbara Myers, Jamesville, VA; Sam A.Goldband, Toronto, Ontario; Marvin Katz,Toronto, Ontario; Al Libfeld, Pickering, Ontario;Linda Ann Worrell, Warrington, PA; David S.Tingley, Guelph, Ontario; and Angie M. Stiller,Arva, Ontario.ARE YOU ON THIS LIST?Cindy Knox has no room reservations for Bellagiofor the following tracks: Batavia, Buffalo, CalExpo, Hippodrome de Montreal, Lebanon, NewYork City OTB, Northville, Northville RacingCorp., Plainridge, Red Mile, Rockingham,Rosecroft, Saratoga, Suffolk OTB and WesternFair. Happy New Year, but after Jan. 1 ourspecial rate expires.
HARNESS TRACKS OF AMERICAExecutive NewsletterA daily fax and e-mail report on racing and gaming developments in North America and beyondStanley F. Bergstein, Editor December 19, 2005DO THEY KNOW, OR CARE?The U.S. Harness Writers have announced somerecipients of their Dan Patch awards over theweekend, and their winners include Mr.Muscleman, trained by Noel Daley, who is undersix-month suspension for the use of illegal medication.HTA will not honor the horse or its owneror trainer with its Nova award, pursuant to our associationpolicy of not presenting awards to ownersof horses trained by trainers under suspension,or by their second trainers acting as “suspension”trainers. To do so and talk or write aboutintegrity seems an anomaly.LAYOFFS IN MASSACHUSETTS?Internecine warfare in Massachusetts, with onetrack operator endangering all others with his refusalto reason or negotiate, has brought threatsof layoffs for hundreds of track employees nextmonth. In the face of what the Boston Heraldcalls “a fierce battle over an extension of lucrativesimulcasting laws,” Wonderland Dog Trackand Suffolk Downs are preparing letters, to besent out after Christmas, informing employeesof imminent layoffs unless the simulcasting disputeis resolved. It does not appear to be an idlethreat or bluff. HTA’s Plainridge Racecourse isholding off on letters, but said it would have topink slip 130 employees if a simulcast deal cannotbe cut. The current law expires Dec. 31, andits renewal has been stymied by George Carney,owner of the Raynham/Taunton dog track, whoclaims the current simulcasting laws are unfairto his track. Carney calls his obstinance “a matterof principle” and complains that the otherthree track owners “are trying to make it looklike I am the bad guy.” He is able to forestallrenewal of the simulcasting laws because of legislativerules that require unanimous consentfor any bill to be passed in “informalsession.” The legislature does notreconvene officially until January.Plainridge, Suffolk Downs and Wonderland calledon the legislature Friday to correct the situation,calling Carney’s move “special interest legislation”that would unfairly impact their three tracks.Their letter to legislators noted that their tracks“already are facing financial difficulties from decliningrevenues as a result of billions of Massachusettsdollars that are annually flooding over theborder to Connecticut, Rhode Island and nowMaine.” The House Ways and Means Committeeendorsed an extension of the current simulcastinglegislation Dec. 14, but legislation introducedby Rep. David Flynn on Carney’s behalfthrew a monkey wrench into the proceedings.President Richard Dalton of Wonderland said,“It’s outrageous that one man could cavalierly putthousands of people out of work.”NO DECISION YET ON VERNONAfter a day of tough questioning of prospectiveowner Jeff Gural by a lawyer for a rival group, thehearing on the future of Vernon Downs was continueduntil after Christmas, resuming Wednesday,Dec. 28. Gural acknowledged to the lawyer that hedid not have $70 million to reopen Vernon and openhis Tioga Park, and get their racinos operating, buthe pointed out that he did have a commitment for a$15 million temporary loan that could get Vernonunderway, since some $45 million of Vernon debtwould not come up for a year under his plan. Hetold his questioner, “A year from now this casino isgoing to be up and running, and I would expect itwon’t be very difficult to get that money. We allthink Vernon Downs is going to be a success. Yourclient wouldn’t be here if they didn’t think so.” Guralsays he plans on racing in the spring, and that hehas broken off talks with the current horsemen’sassociation after their attorney, Joe Faraldo, fileda suit demanding $9.5 million reimbursement forlost purses. “If the horsemen want to keep mediocreracing, if they want to keep Vernon Downsthe way it is, I guess they have to hope I don’tget Vernon Downs,” Gural said.
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