North American Harness Update is live Sunday (July 22) from Running Aces Casino & Racetrack with its live show, Three Wide, for the 10-race program highlighted by the $50,000 Dan Patch Free-For-All, the signature race of Minnesota harness racing as well as the richest in Minnesota harness racing history.
Host Ray Cotolo will be joined by Mike Pribozie and Rod Allums Jr. to present live coverage of the Dan Patch undercard as well as the final, and will provide live analysis of the races and interviews through the card both on the track live feed as well as on the Three Wide stream, broadcasted on Facebook, Periscope, YouTube and at nahupicks.com.
After broadcasting the world’s first helmet-cam at Vernon Downs back in April, Three Wide will again provide this live unique perspective in the eighth race as Rod Allums Jr. will sit behind Cadbury Colt. Allums, participating in TrotCast’s Trotting 4 Charity fundraiser, will be wearing his jersey supporting the Leukemia Research Foundation and will donate his purse earnings towards the cause. The jersey will then go for auction with the final price also going to the Leukemia Research Foundation.
Through the night, North American Harness Update along with Running Aces Casino & Racetrack will be giving away a slew of prizes, including on-track swag bags consisting of merchandise from North American Harness Update, Running Aces, the Hambletonian Society, Minnesota Harness Racing Inc. and the Meadowlands Racetrack. The grand prize giveaway for people on track is a $1,500-value trip for two to the Hambletonian, which includes hotel, rental car voucher, roundtrip flights and admission. Those on-track can also participate in losing-ticket drawings for betting vouchers and swag bags.
Viewers off-track can also participate in giveaway opportunities for additional swag from North American Harness Update, Running Aces and the Hambletonian Society. By sharing the broadcast on Facebook and Twitter (Periscope), off-track viewers will be entered to win merchandise with winners being announced intermittently through the night.
Those who share the video will also be entered into a drawing to win one of two $50 win bets on the 2018 Hambletonian. In partnership with Harness Racing Replays on Facebook, those who comment the winning exacta for the fifth race on the contest post also have a chance to win a $50 win bet on the Hambletonian. If more than one person picks the correct order, the winner will be chosen by random drawing.
Sponsors for the giveaways as well as Three Wide from Running Aces includes Running Aces Casino & Racetrack, the Hambletonian Society, Meadowlands Racetrack, Minnesota Harness Racing Inc., Team Orange Crush and Hickory Lane Farms.
North American Harness Update airs regularly Fridays from 9-11 p.m. (EDT) on SRN One and archived broadcasts can be accessed on demand via the YouTube page or from their website, nahupicks.com, the day after it airs.
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(North American Harness Update)