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Nine in ten want tote problems addressed; Huge Majority worried about higher takeout, No consensus on artificial surfacesWe at HANA recently commissioned a comprehensive horseplayer survey of HANA members that we think might be the largest survey of its type done to date...
Mary Forney, blogmistress (I hope that is a word) supreme took some time to interview HANA Treasurer Theresia this past week at the Breeders Cup. She placed the interview up on her very fine blog, which encompasses pretty much everything when it comes to Cali racing...
We were going through the wagering for the Breeders Cup - the news was good (about flat) - but then decided to check this years Melbourne Cup downunder for some comparisons...
At HANA we have upwards of 150 harness players, some large some small, and their passion for the sport is huge. Racing is racing, and racing has problems; the largest component of which according to many is the price of the product. Over the last few years there has been a sea-change in thinking...
No, those two Zenyatta fans are not Brian Urlacher and Kevin Bacon. They are of course, Ray Paulick and Brad Cummings. Ray and Brad on the drive across America raised a whole whack of money for injured jockeys...
HANANews Volume 2 Edition 3Welcome to this edition of HANANews – the Newsletter of the Horseplayers Association of North AmericaWe have been busy here at HANA, blogging, meeting, organizing survey’s…… and it took us awhile to get this quarter’s newsletter out; but here is hoping it’s better late...
By CangambleIntuitively, if you make bets into a pool that offers a lower takeout, you would expect to do better in the long run...
Yesterday the DRF reported that "Golden Gate Fields has forwarded information to the California Horse Racing Board and other racing investigatory agencies about a possible past-posting incident on its third race on the Sept...
A recent story today focused on slot machines at Pennsylvania racetracks.Thanks to more than $500 million in state slot machine taxes, a Pennsylvania horse-racing industry that was dying only a few years ago is now the envy of the nation.The infusion of cash has nearly quadrupled purse money and...
John Berry the Publicity Director at Pompano Park in Florida penned a column recently, where he sounds not like an industry insider, but like a horseplayer, or wagering economist...
We recently contacted Betfair, and a couple of their customers about the concluded deal between the Breeders Cup and the UK betting giant. We wanted some perspective and details about the deal from them as well from their players...
Recently it was announced that the California governor signed a new law whereby takeout can be set by the racetracks.The comments on the article are worth reading as most have stood up to be heard. As well at Paceadvantage.com the thread regarding this has been well commented on...
Steve Crist of the DRF let his thoughts be known on the closing of the pools proposal currently being look at in Kentucky.This is a maddeningly frustrating issue, because there's a clear path to a palatable solution, but it requires the one commodity that the racing industry is least able to...
On October 19th the Kentucky Wagering Integrity Working Group forwarded recommendations to the Kentucky Racing Commission, in response to wagering integrity issues...
Read comments on commentary pieces at many industry websites and blogs and you will no doubt see a bevy of them which say "takeout does not matter." We as horseplayers know it does; getting paid $12 for a winner rather than $10 can be a make or break for us...
