HARNESS TRACKS OF AMERICA Executive Newsletter

HARNESS TRACKS OF AMERICAExecutive NewsletterA daily fax and e-mail report on racing and gaming developments in North America and beyondStanley F. Bergstein, EditorTuesday, Nov. 9, 2010GUIDA BACK AS U.S. OWNERLou Guida, one of the most importantand dynamic owners in the Americanharness racing industry before he movedhis stable operation to Italy, returned toU.S. ownership at the Standardbred yearlingHorse Sale at Harrisburg, PA yesterday.Guida bought 100% of number 65,Lancelot Nourrir, a Donato Hanover coltfrom the million dollar winner and 1:53trotter Windylane Hanover, selling in thePeninsula Farms agent consignment for$125,000;50% of number 128, Yankee Bluegenes,a Muscles Yankee colt from the Sir Taurushalf-million dollar winner VernonBlue Chip, sold by Perretti Farms, for$205,000;and 25% of number 149, Watermark Hanover,a Donato Hanover colt from theSupergill mare Water Star, selling in theHanover Shoe Farm consignment, for$140,000.Trainer Greg Peck, who will conditionthe horses, bought them as agent. Tomand Louis Pontone, part owners of 2009Horse of the Year Muscle Hill, and ArthurPronti and Patricia Bolte, ownersof the Four Friends Stable, will partnerwith Guida and Peck in ownership of thehorses. Asked about the selections, Pecktold HTA Executive Newsletter, “No onespends more time studying standardbredpedigrees than Lou Guida. He works onthem four or five hours a day, andknows them far better than most.“As for me, I’m a big believer in videos,and much of my bidding reflects what Isee in them. Not everyone shares thatview, but the game is statistically improbableat best, and studying the videos increasesracing probability and takes someof the speculation out of the game.”FOUR RACING BILLS IN NJThe New Jersey Senate’s State Government,Wagering, Tourism and HistoricPreservation Committee has approvedfour bills intended to keep the state competitivewith competitors. One, introducedby senator and former governor RichardCodey, would allow exchange wagering.Another would make changes in the offtrackand account wagering act; a third,also introduced by Codey, would facilitatesingle pool betting; and the fourth wouldlower the minimum number of live datesat the Meadowlands and Freehold to 100each.BOB ANDERSON DEAD AT 64Bob Anderson, one of Canada’s mostdistinguished thoroughbred and harnesshorse owners and a director of theHambletonian Society, has died of a heartattack at 64. Chairman David S. Willmotof Woodbine Entertainment, a closepersonal friend, said Anderson’s passionfor horseracing “radiated from his soul.”HTA extends its sympathies.KY AG OKS CAR SEARCHESKentucky’s attorney general has approvedvehicle searches at tracks.