Originally Posted by kb78:
Question; Do they still use this track for horse racing or harness racing? If so it seems odd to me that they would be taking down the fence unless they were putting a different fence up.
They may harness race a little during the fair, but I doubt if they will anymore. I am sure the track will be used for parking during the fair. This will be a training facility. Saved the horse tracks in Anderson and Shelbyville from having to build one.
Originally Posted by BrentTFunk:
It will take a long time to make a profit off of barn rentals when you figure in the expenses. covering the track could not have been cheap.
It would be interesting to know the stall rental. Along with what that includes. But, I would not think they would have converted the track if they did not think/know they could make a profit.
You'd be surprised, Horse racing is a millionaires game. Knew a person who worked as a stable hand that made six figures. and this was thirty years ago.
We have a example of this here in Warren Co. Ohio. The races got moved to the new casino (Miami Valley Racing and Casino.) But the Warren Co. Fairgrounds kept it's stables and half mile track pea gravel. But lit.
Got to see a motorcycle flat track race on it last year. The riders pretty much duct taped all the bodywork on their bikes. The racing was the same as dirt.
Originally Posted by Charles Nungester:
You'd be surprised, Horse racing is a millionaires game. Knew a person who worked as a stable hand that made six figures. and this was thirty years ago.
I thought it was. Not that USAC isn't. Just a more consistent income.