Bangor Downs

[robmpink]

Can it get anymore depressing? This is the first time I watched races here and it takes the cake.

Excuse me it is Bangor Raceway. Thought I would get it in before someone corrected me.

[robmpink]

It couldn't be any darker out and the lights aren't on. They do have lights.

[Brewers in 7]

I was at Monticello a few tuesdays ago, was about 70 people there watching the races..

[cecil127]

I was at Monticello a few tuesdays ago, was about 70 people there watching the races..

chit, i was @ chester yesterday and counted about the same
10x the $ they race for @ monticello.
this sport is dead (ok, on life support but fading fast) but i still want "in" on some of those slot fueled purses

[robmpink]

CD and Mont aren't anything to brag about, but they have have a lot bigger handle and the racetracks don't look like they are racing on the dead sea.

[cecil127]

chester is like the twilight zone of harness racing:
top drivers-huge purses-nice facility
no handle-no crowd.
*cue the TZ theme music......

[unusialsusp5]

going to the harness races is like going to a cemetary at night. a bunch of half asleep drivers putting their horses through a work mile in a pari-mutual race. they don't care most of the time if they win or not. you can't push your horse 40 times a year, so they only try about once a month for the most part.