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Swaymi's Trivia Question: Whose job is it to make a horseman money?
A. Himself / Herself   B. The Bettor  C. Racing Commission  D. Race Secretary   


    As every harness fanatic was eagerly waiting to see the outcome of the Meadowlands
    Pace with a purse of 1 million dollars. Would the Steve Elliot trained Well Said live up
    to the hype? Or would Mark Harder steal the spotlight once again with Hypnotic Blue
    Chip as he did with Holborn Hanover in 2004. Would Chasin Racin give George Teague
    Jr his second victory in the Pace? Everybody was waiting for the 9th race to be
    competed at The Meadowlands on Saturday night July 18, 2009.

    But all this has to wait, because on the under card we have the Thunder Ridge Fair
    that showcases the non winners of ham sandwich races at the Ridge. All these races
    were masterly put together by no one else than Professor Perkins. The Professor
    would have been better off to give a stimulus check to all the boys who had a ruff
    seven weeks at Prestonsburg, Kentucky.

    After the dust had cleared and The Professor's plan flopped like, for some it meant to
    get their gas money to get out of town, they will either have to pump and run or
    siphon gas to make it to there next designation.

    Guys like James Stiltner II (who had the meet of his life with a special thanks to Jim
    "the crocodile" Brinson) won a $2000 claimer, for an unbelievable $1000 purse, with
    Fire Me by 6 lengths in 159.3 ( took 50% of the purse) while finishing second was the
    Brian "king of the ridge" Loney trained Dessies Girl driven by brother Dale ( for 25%
    of the purse). Two lengths better back for third and fourth was Brush The Sand and
    Georgians Girl ( who were fighting for either 12% or 8% of the purse) who were  
    driven by T.F. Cullipher and Chris "sensei" Loney.

    And for the record, they were chased to the finish by Fox Valley Steffi driven by
    Bobby ”give me a bud light” Brower who was able to snatch the welfare check (5% of
    the purse) away from Timewaitsfornoone and Gary Neafus who failed the Professor
    once again.

    In the non winners of 755 in there last 5 starts that had a purse of 1000 dollars it
    was another close battle between the Lendell Coleman trained Scenic Bay who was
    driven by” the sin say” Chris Loney and Look Whos Invited trained by Brian “king of
    the Ridge” Loney who again was driven by brother Dale for the boys from the
    Budweiser city  of St Louis Mo Lawrence La Barbera and John  Debellis but prevailing
    by a length was Scenic Bay in an eye popping 201.2 over a track listed as lightning
    fast.

    In the feature race of the day, the main event so to speak, the race everybody was
    waiting for, a class you never see, a non winners of 301 in there last three starts with
    an amazing purse of $1000 had every fan in the grandstand (all 28 of them) standing
    as close as they could to the track, so they could watch these amazing equine
    superstars. Every horsemen was standing along the fence so they wouldn’t miss the
    chance to see immortality.

    As the gate was rolling, Edgar the Weatherman had the six starters behind his mobile
    starting gate, you could hear the big disappointment in Professors Perkins' voice as
    this was the last chance for some horsemen to get there stimulus check.

    Since the Three Blind Mice called off, it left Professor Perkins with the duty of being
    the judge. Not only was he the judge, he was announcing the races. You want to
    know what saddens me the most about all of this ..... All of those duties prevented
    The Professor from running down onto the track and tackling one of the horses that
    made his plan fall short to help certain guys that he wrote races for get a check.

    After spending seven weeks (24 races dates) of trying to help some horsemen by
    writing these conditions (3 or 4 times a day) even with one more day these horsemen
    have failed Professor Perkins once again.

    So I have one request for The Professor: Instead of writing these thoughtless
    condition races how about some claiming series like in the past. And please with all do
    respect ... and I mean WITH ALL DUE RESPECT .... please let me know when you find
    out where your head is located. Some of my fans would love to know.

     And this is how the Swaymi see’s it

        
    Special Note. Well Said wins meadowlands pace in 147.3 and 15 for 15 for Lucky Jim
    on to next weeks final.
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