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by Frank Cotolo
Part 1 is here.
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by Bob Heyden
This question “Does harness racing care about you?” was posed to a delightful dozen representing a wide range of positions in, or used to be in, the industry. There is no right or wrong answer here.
1. JACK DARLING: “In my case, harness racing is doing fine for me. All my life I have made my living racing, buying and selling horses as an owner. Harness racing provides adequate purses and racing opportunities to do that. The OnGait auction site has revolutionized our ability to buy and sell horses quickly, easily and for fair prices. Harness racing has provided the opportunity for the breeding business, yearling sales and stakes racing to thrive. The rising expenses have made turning a profit much tougher, but it is still possible.”
2. JIM BERNSTEIN: “My answer is easy. Have to have fans in the stands. Without this, the sport dwindles.”
3. DAVE MATTIA: “I have been saying ‘self-inflicted wounds’ for 20 years. The leadership, in my opinion, is often unqualified and it’s as though anyone can just walk into racing and hang up a shingle saying that they are the guy with the solutions.
“At one time, before he switched professions, my older brother was one of the highest paid marketing execs in the USA. He’d often lecture
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Anthony Abbatiello – Owner & Founder of the “Five Point Farm” in Colts Neck, NJ
A decade before the Monmouth County township of Atlantic was renamed Colts Neck an immigrant’s son from Staten Island established Five Point Farm. It was 1954 when standardbred horse trainer Anthony T. Abbatiello acquired 457 acres in the 32 square mile township on which he would build a home, a harness racing training track and section off paddocks for his pacers and trotters.
He had returned from battle in Korea, where he had risen to the rank of captain, winning numerous battlefield commendations including the Combat Infantry Badge, Silver Star, Bronze Star with Valor, two Purple Hearts, Presidential Unit Citation, Korean Campaign Ribbon with four Battle Stars, and the Korean Service Medal.
In mid-century, long before Colts Neck became the hometown of rock stars and football heroes, the township was rural and welcoming to a young man who is now one of the most respected members of the New Jersey harness racing community and for whom the $500,000 Anthony Abbatiello New Jersey Classic at the Meadowlands is named.
The richest race restricted to New Jersey-sired three-year-old pacers, the Anthony Abbatiello New Jersey Classic will be contested on June 13, 2009. Ab