DAN ADKINS CAN GO TO HELL

Dan Adkins is an friggin Imbecile.

Thinking he can attempt to swindle unknowing individuals into this so called Petition to SAVE MI. RACING. When as written the only ones who will be saved is this GROUP he’s been hired by. Bernard Hartman and Herbert Tyner. Hazel Park Raceway real estate moguls. Or rather MORONS.

Recent Articles in the Oakland Press & Royal Oak Daily Tribune & MLive.com don’t even begin to tell the real story. Dan Adkins has himself being portrayed as some Savior for Saving Horse Racing in Michigan. And he is anything but.

The fact is he with the two who hired him are trying their best to DESTROY Live Mi. Horse Racing. Both Thoroughbred and Harness.

And my advice to the so called journalists and editors of the two newspapers and Mlive.com who OK’d this crap into print need to learn what is Fact from Fiction.

That’s what Real Journalists do.

This petition was suppose to be designed to reverse Proposal 1, as it was misrepresented to it’s meaning. Literally thousands signed the original Petitions written by the Casino’s so it would take a whole state wide vote to put any further gaming to the Race Tracks. And ONLY the Race Tracks. In essence many thought that original petition to put Proposal 1 on the 2004 ballot was to bring more gaming especially to the states horse tracks.

But now Hazel Park’s owners think they can pull a fast one by trying what Ladbroke tried and failed. To just have a BOOK MAKING PARLOR. Nobody bought it in 1998 and the HORSEMEN both Thoroughbred & Harness aren’t buying it now.

The Dan Adkins, Hartman & Tyner version is as follows.

No provisions for LIVE Racing, Simulcasting, Purse Revenues, Contractual Protection. Not only the HBPA but the MHHA want these provisions covered in Petition.

This petition as written will DESTROY LIVE RACING. Both Harness and Thoroughbred. Because this petition as written as of this moment does not protect either group.

Yes, Horse Racing and their tracks definitely should have Gaming if we are to survive. But a Petition must have Provisions for LIVE Racing, Simulcasting, Purse Revenues & Protection of Contracts with Both MHHA & HBPA.

This Petition as of right now, IS GARBAGE. Dan Adkins and his GROUP. Hartman & Tyner need their heads examined. This petition will not SAVE HORSE RACING. As written, it will destroy LIVE racing.

Hartman & Tyner are the only ones looking to get Saved. By trying to establish a BOOKMAKING Joint like Ladbroke was, only in CASINO FORM. And both the HBPA & MHHA do not support this petition as written for this very reason. Dan Adkins and his Group of Two, Hartman & Tyner have halted this petition to a stand still because of their unwillingness to change the language in the present petition and cover all of the horsemen’s concerns, both Harness and Thoroughbred.

Petition as Written won’t save anything but Track Owners. And what the hell is a horse racing track without HORSES?
Just a plain Casino, PERIOD. And how does this SAVE Live Racing and Horsemen. Who is kidding who here?

Dan Adkins can go straight to hell, and take Hartman & Tyner with him. Because of these imbeciles, they are now jeopardizing the actual act of Saving Michigan Horse Racing.

That is why it is dire for the HBPA & MHHA together to have a petition drawn up of their own with the specific provisions concerning ALL the Horse Racing people in the state of Mi.

Any petition without the provisions in tact to protect and assure Live Racing, Simulcasting, Purse Revenues, & Contracts in place with BOTH the HBPA & MHHA is a petition that cannot go ahead. In my opinion WE DO NOT NEED DAN ADKINS.

Both the HBPA & MHHA are as capable of submitting a petition to the Michigan Canvasing Board as well as Dan Adkins. WE DO NOT NEED HIM. And if the Harness Horsemen of the state fear that a contract won’t be written to accommodate racing at Hazel Park. Then I suggest Pinnacle’s Owner Jerry & Lisa Campbell forge ahead with completing Pinnacle Race Course. because if done there would be more than enough space to accommodate not only the Thoroughbreds at Pinnacle. But Harness Racing as well.

Hazel park does not have the facility to even attempt to put in dates for Thoroughbred Racing there, considering they only have two barns standing there at present. That’s why when DRC went down, Thoroughbred racing went to Muskegon.

Hartman & Tyner did not want to invest one thin dime to build a real barn area. They wanted the HBPA to spend their money. Well PISS ON YOU TWICE BOYS. We forged ahead without Hazel Park. And Pinnacle if completed the way the original plans called for. Could very easily run both a T.B & Harness meet simultaneously.

Now put that in your pipes and smoke them Idiots. Nobody needs a Hartman, Tyner nor some buffoon named Adkins to submit a thing to Mi.

HBPA & MHHA are very capable without these three Idiots.

Now let’s get on with it.

Zenyatta to race again. But Why?

Zenyatta to race in 2010 as a 6 year old.

http://www.drf.com/news/article/110161.html

They just couldn’t leave Greatness alone. There is nothing else this mare should have to prove. Why risk an injury or worst by racing her again?

I mean many who love the sport of horse racing and those who work in racing industry would of loved to see a race off with Rachel Alexandra. That’s only natural and part of the competition game. But this isn’t about that. So Why then?

Idiot owners make a statement “we are in the business to have fun.”

I’d like to bash their faces in. This BUSINESS consists of a living warm blooded breathing life. Maybe just a horses life, but it’s this horses life that is the important part. Not so people can have fun like they’re playing with toys that aren’t breakable. Horses are very breakable, only when they break most times their lives then have to END.

She was suppose to have been retired. And winning that prestigious prize, the Breeder’s Cup Classic was suppose to be her Grand Finale of an absolutely amazing career. But Now? She’s going to do some traveling trying all the different track surfaces. For what? So she can also show her owners not only how she can win, but how she can die?

These Owners are sleaze now in my book, thriving on Greed. They don’t give a rats ass about Zenyatta, it’s like saying piss on her past efforts. And that is a crying shame. I pray and wish for the best for this Horse, who has a hell of a lot more Heart and Class then her Owners.

She should have retired and lived out the rest of her life Free from any future tasks that could endanger her. She EARNED THAT RIGHT.

So why take the chance?

Zenyatta doesn’t want it. Say it like it is, Jerry and Anne Moss just feel like there’s more money to be made.

In it for the Fun? No they’re in it for the MONEY.
Selfish Stupid people.

GOD HELP US ALL FROM PAT ROBERTSON.

Pat Robertson says Haiti paying for ‘pact to the devil’

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/01/13/haiti.pat.robertson/index.html?section=cnn_latest

http://www.freep.com/article/20100113/BLOG36/100113057/-1/rss07

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100113/ap_on_re_us/us_haiti_pat_robertson_1

God help us all from this twisted man.

Race/Fight to the Finish?

Two Jockeys at Philadelphia Park on Friday January 8, 2010 got into a fist fight.

Now having worked at the Detroit Race Course for 23 years, that’s not exactly breaking news. Many Jock’s over the years have fought after a race in the Jock’s room over many of things. Mostly over somebody they thought interfered with their ride.

So what’s the big deal?

Never have the fights broke out DURING THE RACE! This one was during the 5th race at Philly Friday.

WHY IS DICK CHENEY REALLY MAD? BECAUSE PLANE DIDN’T BLOW UP.

WHO IS HE KIDDING?

CHENEY AND TERRORISTS HAVE A LOT IN COMMON.

Both praying that AMERICA gets hit again. But Cheney praying more.

DETROIT’S THOROUGHBRED RACING HISTORY

1948 at Detroit Fairgrounds.

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ZOOM IN

Too much heritage to let go of in the State of Michigan. Don’t you agree?

http://kdl.kyvl.org/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=drf1970s;cc=drf1970s;rgn=full%20text;idno=drf1978050404;didno=drf1978050404;view=pdf;seq=48_1;node=drf1978050404%3A48.1

http://kdl.kyvl.org/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=drf1970s;cc=drf1970s;rgn=full%20text;idno=drf1977051402;didno=drf1977051402;view=pdf;seq=27_1;node=drf1977051402%3A27.1

http://kdl.kyvl.org/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=drf1980s;cc=drf1980s;rgn=full%20text;idno=drf1982050602;didno=drf1982050602;view=pdf;seq=26_1;node=drf1982050602%3A26.1

http://kdl.kyvl.org/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=drf1980s;cc=drf1980s;rgn=full%20text;idno=drf1980050502;didno=drf1980050502;view=pdf;seq=15_1;node=drf1980050502%3A15.1

To be continued……

Guitarist James Gurley Dead

Born in Detroit, Mi. Dec. 22, 1939.

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The most influential psychedelic guitarists died two days before his 70th birthday. He was the screaming guitar of Big Brother and the Holding Company. And made the Muse behind Janis Joplin that much more richer. And with one more musician from my youth gone once again, makes me realize how much older I am. The Muse though forever Young.

Heaven is Jamming this Christmas.

In this photo made Jan. 25, 2007, James Gurley, the brilliant lead guitarist for Big Brother and the Holding Company, the psychedelic rock band that propelled Janis Joplin to fame, is seen with his painting titled “Self Portrait.” Surviving members of Big Brother said Gurley died Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009, in a Palm Springs hospital after suffering a heart attack. He was 69.

CLASSIC SOUL

Do you like good MUSIC, Yeah Yeah… That Sweet Soul Music…..

Give this generation a little taste of what REAL MUSIC is all about. You want to know why you RAP?
It is because you cannot actually SING. These artists could. They are and always will be the REAL DEAL.
Pay ATTENTION, you may learn something called ACTUAL MUSIC.

Reminiscing/ Detroit Race Course

 

Believe me the MAIN picture had a 100 people jammed into that Winner Circle. This was just a after picture. And this one above may disappear.

The Detroit Race Course (DRC) opens in 1950 and Livonia Township becomes the city of Livonia to qualify for revenue from the new track.

In 1998 Livonia voted to Destroy DRC. The track that made them a city.

And in 1998 the Distribution of Pari-Mutual Wagering Revenues to Livonia received from DRC was:

Rebate: $694,969.92

Expenditures: $482,103.68

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I wonder what they made off Meijers in 1999?

2010 PINNACLE RACE COURSE DATES APPROVED.

Signed, Sealed and Delivered!

HB 4311 was signed into law as Public Act 140 Friday afternoon Nov. 6, 2009 by Governor Granholm. By this Bill both passing in the House as well as the Senate makes Any ORC layoffs VOID.

There are some kinks to be worked out with the ORC but once they are completed, a legislative transfer will be done to correct the figures.

And a Thank You to HBPA VP Mary Mazur for keeping me up to date.

And Pinnacle Race Course Dates for 2010 have been Approved!

2010 RACE DATES ISSUED: Commissioner Lockwood approved the following dates for Pinnacle Race Course’s 2010 season at 84 days.

June 4 – June 27 Friday, Saturday and Sunday

June 29- October 31 Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday

So the sound of Horses Hoofs will still be heard like Tom-Toms on Michigan Tracks, in sync with our hearts still beating throughout our Mi. Horse Racing Industry. And it is called LIFE. Now let us continue down this road without us always having to be on our last breath. Act Now on implementing Gaming. Because Horses and Slots will get us all, both Michigan and Race Tracks off the critical list for good.

There is more money to be made, much much more. So let us not stop here. Keep The Michigan Engine Running with as much HORSE POWER as it can get.

THE ONLY WORD TO DESCRIBE ZENYATTA!

” Exquisite ”

A title that she herself earned through her performances.
14 Races, 14 Wins.

Saturday this 5 year old mare did something no other female ever did since the first Breeder’s Cup Classic in 1984. Win that main race, usually run with only the boy’s.

After the completely awkward start and breaking as bad as she did. Both Horse and Jock kept their composure. Mike Smith maneuvered the rest of the course better than a race car driver, changing lanes whether clear openings were there or not. When he saw that some were going to be closed off, he saved ground in any manner he could. Then Zenyatta herself kicked in going pass all. The last 70 yards of the race I’m not sure who guided who the most, or who was the most determined. What a move & what a horse!

A Horse definitely needs a excellent pilot to guide them through a field of 12 horses. But in the end it’s the Horse who executes that final action. And Saturday Zenyatta did it with the perfection she’s had in all 14 starts. In my opinion this was one of the most exciting races I ever watched. From last to a freight train that couldn’t reach it’s designation fast enough. This Horse had me screaming at the top of my lungs. And if I’ve said it once I’ve said it a million times, I’ll take a closer than a front runner any day.

At DRC Myakka Joe was that living proof. Before every race today I said an out loud prayer, just bring them all home safe Lord. Just bring them all home safe. And I’ve got to admit before this race, Eight Belle’s was on my mind. Thank God, there was a triumph outcome without a tragedy Saturday.

I don’t know who will be the Horse of the year. But whoever they decide,
nothing or no one can take anything away from this Mare.

Zenyatta won the most prestigious race of not only her career but of the year. The 2009 Breeder Cup Classic with a $5 million dollar purse. And she did it with Class, Style, and most of all ….. HEART!

A mile and a quarter with the boys and came out on top.

What an absolutely Beautiful Powerful Performance. A race that will never be forgotten in the sport of Horse Racing ever. This one went down into the History Books for all time.

Now this is a Smile on a Horse if I ever saw one!

HEART IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.

1/4 …………… :24.16
1/2 …………… :47.88
3/4 …………… 111:88
1 mile ………… 136:88
1 1/4 …………. 200:62

ALL THE MORE REASON TO GIVE MI. TRACKS SLOTS.

With now Ohio to be soon building and operating Casino’s.

No more buses will be full of Ohioans coming to the Detroit Casino’s. As of now they come here full of people from Ohio on a daily basis.

This is even more pertinent of a reason to give much needed Gaming to Mi. Horse Racing Tracks. With Pinnacle Race Course being the closest track to the Ohio border. With the combination of both Horses and Slots it may still bring some people into Michigan.

The race tracks have always generated and brought in millions & millions of dollars in Revenue to Michigan. And they always will if allowed to continue to exist. With this latest passage on House Bill 4311 by both House & Senate and hopefully with Governor Granholm’s signature later this morning. At least for the present moment we’re not any longer on our last breath. But in reality here, we are still on Life Support. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

With added gaming to the tracks, not only will we be brought back to full life. But Michigan will also rake in more of the much needed dollars in revenue. Common sense is 2+2 always = 4 no matter how you add it up. Horses and slots is a Win Win position not only for Horse Racing but for Michigan. At one time The Michigan Mile at The Detroit Race Course was a $300,000 Grade II Race. What’s to say in the future at Pinnacle Race Course it can’t be a Grade I Race.

Bigger purses bring in a better quality of horses. All I know if you have no vision in life to stride for the best you can do. You end up with nothing. If you shoot for the stars, most times than not you’ll come out on top.

Michigan’s Governor and all of the other Politicians in this State of ours occupying both the House and Senate, better come to a decision and fast. Do We Shoot For The Stars, or do we sit and do nothing watching Michigan sink into an even bigger hole. If our Governor can give a 42% tax break to Hollywood movie makers that have came here, which will end up costing the State Millions. Why can’t the Race Tracks here catch a break of some kind as well. Only the Tracks already bring in over $400 million.

The Revenue alone from the 3.5% Simulcasting tax brought in $5,341,057. Imagine what the numbers will be from the slots implemented into the tracks. These are numbers you just can’t ignore unless you choose to. But why would you want to choose to ignore an Industry that could make you so much more?

This is no time to drag our feet now on this issue. It’s time for our Mi. Politicians to decide.
Is it Success or Further Downhill?
We hit BUST a long time ago.

I say we shoot for those stars because there’s nothing else left to lose. Gaming at the Race Tracks can only add up to one big giant WIN.

For Horse Racing and Michigan.

MICHIGAN SENATE: A BIG THANK YOU

Michigan Horse Racing lives to see another day.

Senate Passes Bill HB-4311, November 5, 2009

Roll Call # 536
Yeas 91 Nays 12

Governor Granholm is expected to sign the Bill, Friday November 6, 2009 at 11:00 am.

MICHIGAN SENATE, PLEASE WAKE UP!

ALL SIMULCASTING AND LIVE RACING WILL HALT FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6, BREEDERS CUP WEEKEND.

STATE REVENUE FROM THE 3.5% SIMULCAST TAX FROM JAN.1 THROUGH 11/1/2009 $5,341,057.00

CONTACT SENATORS NOW!!!

HIALEAH PARK RE-OPENING

And I think it is fabulous. Hialeah in my opinion is one the the most Beautiful tracks in the country. When it closed, there just seemed a giant hole was left without it’s presence. And November 28 is the day that Quarter Horse Racing will start a meet there. It will run through February 2, 2010.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/sfl-hialeah-reopening-bn102909,0,621036.story

Hialeah Park, which was built in the 1920s and had its last live race in 2001.

http://www.miamiherald.com/460/story/1237455.html

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/northwest/story/1098926.html

Fresh from signing the Legislature’s wide-ranging gambling expansion bill, Gov. Charlie Crist on Monday paid a visit to one of that bill’s biggest beneficiaries — historic Hialeah Park.

Under the bill signed by Crist Monday, Hialeah Park — which hasn’t hosted a horse race since 2001 — will be allowed to offer live races again, while also opening a poker room.

After two years of racing, Hialeah can install lucrative Las Vegas-style slot machines — a remarkable turnaround for a National Historic Landmark that until recently was at serious risk of being torn down, despite its majestic beauty.

”This is about renovating a historic park that means so much to the fabric of this community,” Crist said Monday. Even in its tattered, worn-out condition, Crist was impressed by the storied horse track. ”It is awe-inspiring,” the governor said. “It is magnificent. Its architecture is incredible.”

Said track vice president John Brunetti Jr.: “The goal is to restore Hialeah to the grandeur that it once was.”

Michigan’s Governor could take some lessons in how to preserve something worthy of saving.

For the people near Hialeah, I’m Happy For you. I wish great success to that Grand Old Track.

And one day hopefully the Thoroughbreds will also Return there.

ALL BLUES AND NOTHING BUT THE BLUES. PART 4

Wille Mae ” Big Momma ” Thorton.
Early in the morning.

Michigan House passes bill to fund Horse Racing

FINALLY SOME SANITY IN MICHIGAN.

http://www.wlns.com/Global/story.asp?S=11409646

http://www.wzzm13.com/news/news_story.aspx?storyid=115222

http://www.dailymail.com/ap/ApTopStories/200910290984

MICHIGAN IS TOO BROKE TO FUND HORSE RACING!

And all must be SHUT DOWN on November 5, 2009. Both Live & Simulcasting.

But at the same time. The Little River Band of Ottawa Indians may get FEDERALLY FUNDED FOR ROADWORK near a new Casino they plan to put up at the Old Great Lakes Downs site.

All Mi. Horse Tracks about to be SHUT DOWN.

And yet not one word on our LOCAL MEDIA NEWS STATIONS.

WXYZ, WDIV, WJBK, DETROIT NEWS, OR DETROIT FREE PRESS.

But the Free Press did do an article on The Hannahville Indian Community, who wants to put up a casino in Romulus.

On November 5th because of the Veto of funding to the ORC which in reality was already dissolved by Governor Granholm. Because of lack of money for racing officials. ALL 5 MICHIGAN HORSE TRACKS WILL HAVE TO CEASE OPERATION. That means ALL Simulcasting & Live Racing.

And yet the only Media coverage I’ve seen is on links below. Out of Mid/Mi.

Infamit Wisdom Verses Completely Inept

The Breeders Cup this year is on Friday November 6th & 7th.

Our HBPA here in Michigan was notified Thursday Oct. 22

Also a link to MHHA also stated same message with the Urgency for action.

Because of the ORC LAYOFFS: The Michigan HBPA was notified that effective November 5, 2009, due to the Governor’s veto of the funding for the ORC, that all ORC will be laid-off. That will cease all racing activity to include live and simulcasting statewide.

ALL BLUES AND NOTHING BUT THE BLUES. PART 3

ALL BLUES AND NOTHING BUT THE BLUES. PART 2

Aretha Franklin – I never loved a man (LIVE)
. –

Unanimously Approved

Board approves ‘racino’ ballot petition.

The four-member Board of State Canvassers, a state elections panel, approved unanimously the wording for a constitutional amendment submitted by Racing to Save Michigan.

And now all the Casino’s hair has been raised.

http://www.detnews.com/article/20091014/POLITICS02/910140421/1409/METRO

So why the worry? Well I’ll tell you WHY.

$20k better spent

On Oct. 8, 2009 Governor Granholm dissolved The Office of Racing Commissioner, and put us under the Michigan Gaming Control Board. Horse racing was always under Agriculture. It was mentioned in several Detroit newspaper articles that state’s House Appropriations Committee wanted to vote on conducting a study if other forms of gaming at all Mi. horse tracks would bring more money into the state. The price tag of this study? $20k.

Are they nuts?

ALL BLUES AND NOTHING BUT THE BLUES. Part 1

The Legacy of Ted Kennedy will continue.

Was that all there really was to Ted Kennedy?

Same worn out excuse of Mary Jo Kopechne.

How about,

Civil Rights
Voting Rights
Schip…..Children’s Health Ins.
FEC
OSHA
Mental Health Parity Act
Fair Housing
Minimum Wage
Title IX
No Child Left Behind
Americorps
Immigration Act
Child Care Act
National Community Services Act
Head Start expansion
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act
Ryan White AIDS Care Act
the Americans with Disabilities Act
Excellence in Math and Science Act.

Woodstock 40TH Anniversary

BY THE TIME WE GOT TO WOODSTOCK, WE WERE HALF A MILLION STRONG~!

It took place Aug. 15-18. It was the Concert of ALL Concerts. And it only seemed like yesterday. There was no Violence nor Chaos at the venue in the 4 days. The only disruption there was, was trying to get there. For the conditions that took place with lack of water, food, & personal necessities. Woodstock remained Peaceful throughout the four days without incident. In this Blog, I will take you through the concert with pictures, stories, & THE MUSIC. It was billed as “Three Days of Peace and Music”.

And they lied. It was ” Four Days of Peace and Music “.

So sit back and ENJOY. No doubt some pictures I post will disappear but not the music. There will be video’s & songs I can’t find. But I’ll do my best.

First Version and video of Woodstock is my favorite.