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No end in sight for boycott

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December 30, 2005 | Print View

Chicago horsemen are boycotting the entry box, and since there is no meeting presently scheduled between the Illinois Harness Horsemen's Association reps and track management, some horsemen are leaving the state to race elsewhere.



The IHHA has not signed a 2006 contract with the operators of Balmoral Park and Maywood Park and as a result horsemen are boycotting the entry box. Racing for Jan. 1 and 3 at Balmoral Park has already been canceled due to insufficient entries. The next date for a draw is Monday, Jan. 2, but since contract negotiations are not scheduled, next weekend's cards at Maywood and Balmoral could also be canceled.



The sticking point in contract negotiations has been recapture, the money that track operators can withhold from purses. Recapture was a part of state law passed allowing full-card interstate simulcasting.


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