http://www.harnessracing.com/ The Horseman Online Blog en-us Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:30:26 -0500 Copyright: (C) 2010 The Horseman Well, here they are, the North America Cup elimination fields for Saturday's big night at Mohawk. 1 BADLANDS NITRO2 SANTANNA BLUE CHIP3 KEYSTONE HORATIO4 HANDS TO YOURSELF5 SHARE THE DELIGHT6 SCAPE GHOST7 UP FRONT HANNAHSBOY8 TRADE EDITOR9 SPACE WALK2nd Elimination1 ART OFFICIAL2 LONESTAR LEGEND3 LEGACY N DIAMONDS4 SOMEBEACHSOMEWHERE5 MUCHO SLEAZY6 FRANKYLUVSMEATBALS7 ON THE BRINK8 IDLE HOUR9 SHADOW PLAY3rd Elimination1 STONEBRIDGE MAGNUM2 DALI3 RUDY REDNOSE4 SAND SHOOTER5 FOUR STARZ MOXI... Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:30:26 -0500 http://www.harnessracing.com/blog/na-cup-elims-promise-thrills-and-surprises-115.html Chris Wittstruck has a great "Racing and the Law" column this week which you can access here from the United States Trotting Association. It's a great summary of the current fight over simulcasting, a topic which, I admit, I know precious little about. Chris is a great student and educator about these sorts of things so I urge you all to take the time to read this. It helped me and I suspect-- I bet!-- it will help you. Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:54:08 -0500 http://www.harnessracing.com/blog/in-chris-we-trust-a-great-summary-of-simulcasting--114.html Good morning. Here is the link to tomorrow's baby races at the Big M, marking the start of yet another season of big dreams and big disappointments. The big name to watch on Day One is D Liteful Hanover who is related to whatshisname, you know, that Donato fellow. It ought to be really fun. We have a couple of 2-year-olds that shouldn't be too far away from making their Big M debuts. We have an Art Major colt, a Bettor's Delight filly, and a Four Starzz Shark colt. How about the rest of y... Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:34:27 -0500 http://www.harnessracing.com/blog/the-babies-are-back-june-means-baby-racing-at-big--113.html I received this afternoon an email from a prominent and important member of the harness racing community, someone whose opinion I respect, who authorized me to publish these comments about last night's card at the Meadowlands. I am withholding his name because I think, fairly, he doesn't want his employers/organization to be involved in this critique. As always, I invite the targets of this commentary to respond to it-- I will post the response right here as an entry as well. Here goes, from ... Sun, 01 Jun 2008 14:52:43 -0500 http://www.harnessracing.com/blog/big-m-leaders-blasted-for-lack-of-presence-112.html Good Sunday morning to you, friends. What a night of racing last night. Let's start this morning with the New Jersey Classic because of our good friends here, some of the connections for Harley D. Hanover (HDH) and Daley Deposit Only (DDO). HDH came in third after challenging for the lead in the stretch and DDO finished way back after a torrid first half getting to the lead. I'd love to hear Mark and Trevor chime in with their impressions of the race-- if they are willing. If not, I compl... Sun, 01 Jun 2008 08:53:03 -0500 http://www.harnessracing.com/blog/the-morning-after-sense-and-sensibility-111.html