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    Quote Originally Posted by Adaptor View Post
    Harness Racing: Levy Series, Meadowlands Horse Shortage

    Might be that the Australian $ against the US $ and the shortage of ready to race horses in the US have restored US owners to the market.
    It lapsed for quiet a while while our $ was high, but it looks like the market has opened up again

    http://www.drf.com/blogs/harness-rac...horse-shortage
    Now that answer makes a lot of sense
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    Where are the horses?.....Full fields needed to boost "handle" ( the American term for tote turnover)

    From Geoff Gural, saviour of the Meadowlands:

    The bad news is that because all of our income is derived from wagering and horse racing we need to continue to generate handles of over $3 Million dollars every Friday and Saturday. In order to do that we require full fields and since we are only racing two days beginning next week essentially we need 250 horses each weekend to fill both cards. Last weekend we had twenty-five fewer horses racing over the weekend and as a result our handle declined by $508,000.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Adaptor View Post
    Where are the horses?.....Full fields needed to boost "handle" ( the American term for tote turnover)

    From Geoff Gural, saviour of the Meadowlands:

    The bad news is that because all of our income is derived from wagering and horse racing we need to continue to generate handles of over $3 Million dollars every Friday and Saturday. In order to do that we require full fields and since we are only racing two days beginning next week essentially we need 250 horses each weekend to fill both cards. Last weekend we had twenty-five fewer horses racing over the weekend and as a result our handle declined by $508,000.
    Have no idea what the Bellino's would have paid for Polak but he's recouped around $30K first up and I think the Nth American's will be looking at purchasing more horses at the moment with our dollar so low as previously mentioned.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Richard prior View Post
    Have no idea what the Bellino's would have paid for Polak but he's recouped around $30K first up and I think the Nth American's will be looking at purchasing more horses at the moment with our dollar so low as previously mentioned.
    He just won again. This time beat Foiled Again.

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    Yes Paul, Lot stronger race this week, Apart from Foiled Again, The field also included the former Little Brown Jug winner in Michaels Power and the 1.46.4 performer in Warrawee Needy on a Mile track but these are the cream of the FFA horses in Nth America, Makes you wonder how our very best horses would go over there.
    Last edited by Richard prior; 03-29-2015 at 11:51 PM.

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    Polak A.. and The Levy Series at Yonkers

    Looks like there may be more going to Nth America with the Aus $ now pricing our horses withing the reach of the NA market, and the publicity being generated by Polak A.
    Levy Chances Improving for Down Under Import
    When it comes to qualifying for the George Morton Levy
    Memorial Pacing Series championship, Heez Orl Black N is
    on the outside looking in. But thanks to a preliminary-round
    win last week at 13-1 odds, the gelding’s chances of advancing
    to the lucrative final have improved significantly.
    Yonkers Raceway on Saturday hosts the last preliminary
    round of the Levy Series. Heez Orl Black N, who is 10th in
    the standings, drew post 1 in the first division. The all-black
    7-year-old New Zealand-bred gelding, trained by Anita
    Vallee, trails Sapphire City by four points for the eighth spot
    in the standings.
    Sapphire City drew post 3 in the same Levy division as
    Heez Orl Black N while Polak A, who is seventh in the standings,
    got post 5. Bettor’s Edge, who is 11th in the standings,
    three points behind Heez Orl Black N, received post 2.
    “With a good draw, I think we have a chance to hit the
    board and then we’ll let the chips fall where they may,”
    said Shaun Vallee, who owns Heez Orl Black N with
    Daniel Vlahakis’ DPV Racing Stable. “I’m not wishing any
    of the other ones bad luck, but just hoping I have enough
    luck to get in.”
    Vallee purchased Heez Orl Black N, a former stakes-winner
    in New Zealand, in October. Heez Orl Black N, a son
    of In The Pocket, won 15 races and $182,615 competing
    Down Under.
    “When he was racing over there, his races were very consistent
    and very good races,” said Vallee, who saw Heez Orl
    Black N while visiting
    friends in Australia.
    “I was just
    lucky they were willing
    to sell him.”
    In his first start this
    year, Heez Orl Black
    N finished third at
    the Meadowlands.
    He then was sent to
    Yonkers, where the
    half-mile oval suited
    his smaller build. He won his first two starts before finishing
    second to PH Supercam in a conditioned race in late January.
    “After I raced him a couple starts, I thought that if he kept
    racing consistently that we could put him in the Levy,” said
    Vallee. “But in the beginning, I wasn’t that sure. After he
    won three or four races, I thought he might be alright in
    there and we gave him a chance.”
    Heez Orl Black N won last week with driver Brian Sears by
    one length over National Debt in 1:53.1. He also has two
    fourth-place finishes among four starts in the Levy. (HRC)
    Last edited by Adaptor; 04-17-2015 at 01:40 PM.

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    Reuben brogden is another ex WA heading over.

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    Two Downunder Exports Win at Yonkers on Saturday night

    For the Ladies N and Bettor Reason N win at Yonkers .

    https://racing.ustrotting.com/chart.aspx

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    In the Perfect Storm is another WA pacer (last WA start in January 2015) who is racing in the USA, in race 12 at Yonkers on the 27 April.

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