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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: bello on December 15, 2023, 01:51:37 PM

Title: Matthew Athearn
Post by: bello on December 15, 2023, 01:51:37 PM: New Freehold invader who is looking pretty good.

Anyone know anything about him?
Title: Re: Matthew Athearn
Post by: Mailbox Money on December 15, 2023, 02:20:31 PM: Does alright i.m.o.! Should continue to improve over time.
Title: Re: Matthew Athearn
Post by: bello on December 15, 2023, 02:27:45 PM: THX, has some at the Big M tonight. Appears live on everything....for now
Title: Re: Matthew Athearn
Post by: PIGLAND on December 15, 2023, 02:44:11 PM: agree and getting better
Title: Re: Matthew Athearn
Post by: moelarrythecheese on December 15, 2023, 05:53:29 PM: Very active: Also drove the Maine circuit, Saratoga & Plainridge this season.
Title: Re: Matthew Athearn
Post by: bass park on December 15, 2023, 06:00:57 PM: He was only a few wins behind ranger at plainridge this year. He drives first call for nickerson. He isnt hard on the horses but he gets them to go.
Title: Re: Matthew Athearn
Post by: rainman2 on December 15, 2023, 11:28:40 PM: Quote from: bass park on December 15, 2023, 06:00:57 PM
He was only a few wins behind ranger at plainridge this year. He drives first call for nickerson. He isnt hard on the horses but he gets them to go.

Brett Beckwith or Matthew Athearn. Who's better?
Title: Re: Matthew Athearn
Post by: moelarrythecheese on December 15, 2023, 11:55:32 PM: Good question Rainman. Also to consider is who will get the better stock. Sometimes I think harness racing is like NASCAR. The car (or horse in this case) makes the driver. Athearn scored his 1,000th victory today at Freehold on a 20:1 shot. Congrats.
Title: Re: Matthew Athearn
Post by: bello on December 16, 2023, 08:42:07 AM: Quote from: moelarrythecheese on December 15, 2023, 11:55:32 PM
Good question Rainman. Also to consider is who will get the better stock. Sometimes I think harness racing is like NASCAR. The car (or horse in this case) makes the driver. Athearn scored his 1,000th victory today at Freehold on a 20:1 shot. Congrats.

Athearn put on a show at Freehold and Meadowlands last night. Very impressed. Him and Ahle are the next generation of top drivers.