Pinnacle Race Track

[km]

A new track is about to open its doors: Pinnacle Race Course (PNL), near Detroit.

Not a lot of info on this website
http://www.pinnacleracecourse.com/

Regular dirt and turf courses. No casino? If anyone has more information, let us know.
Is GDL closing?

Purses are well below < $10k except for the Michigan-bred races according to the condition book. So this is a minor track by definition. I assume most of the horses will come from GLD (Great Lakes Downs).

HDW will produce our racefiles for this track and HTR should handle it normally.

To get the opening day card, July 19, you will have to draw down this track from the HTR Internet site (won't get picked up in the software downloader yet - see below): http://htr.horsedata.com

(I'm not sure about John's Download Rat, but i'm guessing it will pick it up in an all burger?)

Eventually i'll be able to rate the track on track class and other parameters, for now it is defaulted to a "D" track (unknown or minor league racing). I will add this track to the Download list in the HTR2 software "Download Screen". There will be an update to HTR2 about July 20 prior to the seminar and it will be included at that time.

As far as testing in the Robot. Consider it "other tracks" for now. I'll incorporate it in a later update if necessary. Testing "other tracks" in the Robot is easy if you simply create a separate folder for it and run the Robot from that folder with the single track files.

[Rick]

The HTR File Rat should be able to download the new track as long as you click on Update Tracks button on the first date that the new track is up for download.

[dawgfan]

I understand a new track is about to open in the Detroit area near the airport.
When I was back that way in May there was nothing in the paper about progress
on the track, etc., but then again, it seems even the local Detroit papers have
little interest in horse racing.

The old GLD closed after last years meet. It was located on the far west side of
the state near Lake Michigan. How it survived as long as it did beats me.

John - dawgfan

[MikeDee]

Don't get all excited about betting this track over the net right away. I wonder what ADW's have a contract with them and how about the Horsemen? Will they go along with the ADW/Track/Horsman split or will be just be another track that is unavailable?

[EE26]

I see it listed on Xpressbet but not on YouBet

[MikeDee]

The HTR File Rat should be able to download the new track as long as you click on Update Tracks button on the first date that the new track is up for download

I did the update for today 7/18, but the file rat does not pick up the new track:

Pinnacle Race Course pnl0718b.htr

Suggestions?

[km]

I have added PNL to the download list in the HTR Download Utility, it will be part of the 'seminar update' which will be available to all on Sunday night or Monday morning.

For now you can get it from our Internet site: http://htr.horsedata.com

[Rick]

It looks like John is using the 1 year profile for the track list.

I guess we have to wait for at least one day of results for that to show for PNL.

[MikeDee]

OK now I am really confused with what the file rat is doing.

PNL results are available for 7/18.
PNL is not on the track profiles for 1 mo or for 1 yr.

Did the update of tracks for today 7/19/08 anyway.
PNL is still not on the list of available tracks.

So I downloaded my favorites like I normally do,

but

when I looked at the htr files that were downloaded the PNL was included among them even though it is not on the file rat track list:confused:

[Rick]

Looks like my best guess was wrong. :eek:

Now my best guesss is that we have to wait for John to explain it. :D