Meadowlands Amatuer Drivers

[pocketrocketwinner]

5 count them 5 amateur drivers fined and suspended for indiscriminate use of the whip at the meadowlands.
These races are abusive to horses. All they want to do is whack away 1 handed

[bello]

5 count them 5 amateur drivers fined and suspended for indiscriminate use of the whip at the meadowlands.
These races are abusive to horses. All they want to do is whack away 1 handed

I whole hearty agree with you on this and it needs to be addressed!

[7minuteAbz]

Robert Ciavardini was Bob Vitrano's second trainer, I believe, from the old days.

[Newt Lobell]

Robert Ciavardini was Bob Vitrano's second trainer, I believe, from the old days.

He also had a small stable in the 80s/90s. Good guy.

[7minuteAbz]

He also had a small stable in the 80s/90s. Good guy.

Thanks for confirming.

[bumby]

5 count them 5 amateur drivers fined and suspended for indiscriminate use of the whip at the meadowlands.
These races are abusive to horses. All they want to do is whack away 1 handed

Agree. It's disgusting.

[Larry Bird Boy]

These races should be held with the qualifiers. I mean these guys all suck

[Generation XYZ]

These races should be held with the qualifiers. I mean these guys all suck

Agreed. Its a pointless waste of delaying the "real" races.

[Bitter Truth]

Only way for them to reach the number of races they need to a achieve their precious handle. Have you seen that Friday card? They only race twice a week and that's the best they can do? MECCA

[Larry Bird Boy]

Well it’s like that at every track. These is really a horse shortage everywhere. Especially good quality horses. Most of them are torched

[pocketrocketwinner]

Only way for them to reach the number of races they need to a achieve their precious handle. Have you seen that Friday card? They only race twice a week and that's the best they can do? MECCA

At the end of the day, it seems all that matters to Gural is full fields and handle. All these whipping violations get overlooked as long as the races fill. Even people on the Fishman list get passes as long as their barns fill the box as needed.

[Bitter Truth]

 I beg to differ Larry. Miami this week has 663 horses in 70 races [with almost every race written with added entries] an average of 9.47 horse per race. So no you are completely wrong in saying 'EVERY' track has horse shortages.

[Oliver Clozoff]

5 count them 5 amateur drivers fined and suspended for indiscriminate use of the whip at the meadowlands.
These races are abusive to horses. All they want to do is whack away 1 handed

How can you find and suspend an amateur?  They're called amateurs for a reason.

[Bitter Truth]

 They are easy to 'find'. Suspending might be another thing.

[pocketrocketwinner]

How can you find and suspend an amateur?  They're called amateurs for a reason.

Pretty sure even amateurs have to obide by the rules like not one hand strikes over and over to get them to go