December 7th, 2008 · Home Page
Tags: Adjust·Arson Aquad·Belmont Stakes·Big Brown·Chris McCarron·Curlin·Go Go Shoot·Hank Goldberg·Haskell Invitational·J'Ray·Janine Edwards·Joey P·Nick Zito·Rick Dutrow·Wanderin Boy·Wood Memorial
December 1st, 2008 · Home Page
Horse Alert…Quality Road Takes His Debut In Blockbuster Style…Pressed On Lead And Never Batted An Eylash As He Urged Home All On His Own In 1:16.11 For The 6 1/2 Panels. He Won At First Asking In Aqueducts Race 4 On Saturday. The Son Of Elusive Quality Looked Great In Taking His Debut. He Is Trained By Jimmy Jerkens And Owned By Edward P Evans. Would Expect To See Him Stretched Right Out Next.
Tags: Quality Road·Wanderin Boy
November 30th, 2008 · Home Page
Tale Of Ekati Wins The Cigar Mile Via DQ….Harlem Rocker Runs Second, Won Race, But Impeaded Tale Of Ekati In Stretch….
Old Fashioned Blows Away Remsen Field In A Hand Ride….Looked Superb
Springside Upsets Demoisel, Sky Diva Falters Late
Horse Alert….Son Of Elusive Quality, Quality Road Wins In Smashing Style In Debut Saturday At Aqueduct And Looked Great Doing It…More Good Things To Come From This One…Mark Him Down
ThoroughbredZone captured the moments of an exciting year in Thoroughbred Racing. Big Brown and Curlin did thier best to make 2008 a year to remember. And the pictures from those exciting moments will be posted soon.
Curlin Breaks Cigars Earnings Record In The Belmont Slop
Tags: Curlin·ThoroughbredZone·Year In Pictures
November 10th, 2008 · Home Page
Strike A Deal Finally Closed The Deal Under Chuck C. Lopez With A Late Surge To Win The Red Smith At Aqueduct On Saturday. Trained By Alan Goldberg, The Sharp looking Son Of The Hot Smart Strike Was Full of Run To Win Going Away
Tags: Alan Goldberg·Chuck C. Lopez·Red Smith·SMart Strike·Strike A Deal
October 30th, 2008 · Home Page
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October 27th, 2008 · Home Page
Poly Want Another Breeders’ Cup At Santa Anita? Well It Will Get One Next Year, Same Place, Same Time, Same Results? We Should Get Used To Top Dirt Horses Running Below Their Ability Due To A Fake, Rubberized Surface, That Actually Has No Place In Thouroughbred Racing. To Think It Could Be On Dirt Would Be The Best Thing Possible For All…
Raven’s Pass Wins The Breeders’ Cup Classic….
ThoroughbredZones 4 top Horses Out The 5 We Mentioned As Horses To Use In The Breeders’ Cup Classic All Hit The Board And Made For A $10,000 Superfecta Score
Raven’s Pass, Harrythenavigator, Tiago and Curlin Run 1,2,3,4
Duke Off The Board
All other American Horses Besides Tiago, Who we mentioned as a horse to use in all bets, were nowhere to be seen.
Tags: Add new tag·Analysis·Breeders Cup·Curlin·Expert·Raven's Pass·Thoroughbred·ThoroughbredZone
October 14th, 2008 · Home Page
Breeders’ Cup Preview Coming….
Big Brown Past Performances
4NJbets.Com Primed For Another BC Failure???
A Breeders’ Cup best bet? A lock? This comes directly from the ‘more things change-more they stay the same’ department. The BC is less the two weeks away and one thing looks for certain. 4njbets.com is primed for another failure on horseracing’s biggest betting day.
New Jersey has lagged far behind in the online betting services for years. A bill was passed to get this going a few years ago, and it took some time to actually get the system in place. It debuted right before the BC a few years ago. Talk about a bad time to launch a new service. It was not ready to handle the volume then, nor has it been able to handle the high volume on big betting days since.
4Njbets made some cosmetic changes over the past couple of years, but the issue of the system’s ability to handle heavy volume seems to have been ignored or just not fixed well enough to handle the issue.
Let me say I use the system, and I find it good overall for what its purpose is. Make wagers and get live video streaming, it sounds easy enough. However the system is next to useless on big betting days.
To this, I say it’s a total disgrace that the system has failed even once for these big events. And to my knowledge no one from NJ has issued an assurance that the system will not go down again. Harsh words, but this is business and all involved should not permit this to happen. Everyone loses here, not just the handicappers.
Two years ago the Breeders’ Cup was held at Churchill Downs. I had capped the card and was ready to make my plays from the comfort of my own home. Early problems plagued the system. It was slow and at times non-responsive. The problem got progressively worse as the card went on. As The Breeders’ Cup Sprint approached, it was more than apparent that the system had failed. It would no longer accept my bets. Thus losing out on Thor’s Echo, who I tried in vain to make a saver wager on. It was futile attempt, met with aggravation and dismay. I was upset. I will leave it at that.
It was off to the Meadowlands. Since I’m literally a stones throw away, I went there. It of course was a mad house with nowhere to sit. Many people standing in long lines at machines, Teletheatres were all rented out well in advance. It seems the regular Joe gets shafted more often then not at the Meadowlands. I had already got shut out of a winner. My day was done—over, kaput—like a horse missing the break in a sprint. I never had a chance to get my head screwed on straight after this debacle.
After that frustration I took no chances last year. I paid the $35 or so, and went to the buffet at the Meadowlands’ Pegasus restaurant. I anticipated another 4njbets.com failure. I wish they would take wagering on this! I would have made a killing. And yes, it went down again! I heard the reports of disgruntled handicappers when I turned my computer on. No web bets, no phone bets. The system failed again as it has in the past. How can this happen on NJ’s biggest racing day in history? The host of the Breeders’ Cup was at Monmouth Park no less. Unacceptable.
I had sent e-mails to a certain higher-up before the Breeders’ Cup asking if the problem had been corrected. I did not get much of an answer. Mind you the system has also had major issues on Kentucky Derby day as well.
So what are the odds of an impending 4njbets.com doom? I would have to say very high. And again, I’ll plan accordingly. Belmont Park is on my radar this year.
This article is an open letter to the state of NJ. Get your act together or maybe consider not even having an Internet-wagering service. I mean what’s the point? The system has failed numerous times, and I expect it to fail again. This is unacceptable on all levels. No excuses justify this. Fix it. The executives are aware of the problem. This is no secret. One would think they would make sure the issue was corrected. Who is losing money?
Here are some contacts on this issue. Maybe, just maybe, someone will get the message and actually do something about it.
Robert Halpin- Director of Wagering Services
rhalpin@njsea.com
201-842-5041
Vernard Bennett- Assistant Vice President of Wagering & Guest Services
vbennett@njsea.com
201-842-5034
Tags: 4Njbets.Com·Breeders Cup·Internet Wagering·New Jersey
August 22nd, 2008 · Home Page
Tags: Big Brown·Monmouth Park·Travers
August 22nd, 2008 · Home Page
45,000+ Packed Monmouth Park Sunday August 3rd On A Spectacular Sunny Day… And They Saw Big Brown Put In A Strong, Powerful Rally To Haul In Coal Play In A Snappy 1:48.1 In A Thrilling Renewal Of The Haskell. A Roar Went Out As He Hit The Wire….Handle Record Broken
Tags: August 3·Big Brown·Bold Union·ESPN News·Haskell·Hungarian Boat·J'Ray·Rockerfeller·Salty Response·Silver Tree·Sunday
12 year old Adjust gets by 10 year old Astrologist in a driving rain in a battle of old-timers at Monmouth Park in an off the turf event.
7 year old Commentator does it again…Wires Whitney Field
As of now it looks like there will be 7 horses entered in the 1 1/8 Haskell Invitational on August 3rd at Monmouth Park, however that could change as connections of other horses could still decide to run. Here is a link from Monmouth Parks website on Haskell news and notes. Click for more. ThoroughbredZone will have more on the Haskell soon. Full Haskell Day photo gallery coming and race insight.
More Haskell stuff soon and a look at Monmouth’s big Haskell day card!
Bold Union works 6 furlongs in 1:13
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