How much would you pay for Marcus Miller to fly in and drive your horse?

[MIKE CAMPBELL]

Carmine "the horseman", tried to be a smart ass with me when he took the lines, looked at the horse and said, "I don't drive horses with shit towels". I said, "would you prefer to drive him with out one". i didn't put him down, judges ssigned him without contacting me when my guy got days.

He was a douchebag. His son Eric is a good guy though.

[Fuguzzi]

  tmbz1Eric A. and Corey Callahan would be a toss up for nicest guy in racing. Honorable mention would go to Jimmy Meittinis. on a side note, i wonder how many times you and I have been in a paddock or grandstand together over the years.....

[MIKE CAMPBELL]

tmbz1Eric A. and Corey Callahan would be a toss up for nicest guy in racing. Honorable mention would go to Jimmy Meittinis. on a side note, i wonder how many times you and I have been in a paddock or grandstand together over the years.....

Jimmy used to have a real nice Oldsmobile 442. I think it ended up getting stolen.

[Larry Bird Boy]

Welcome to the wonderful world of harness racing. Top guys ( drivers ) at almost all tracks pulled the same shit. Reason you don't hear about it today is, as you know, all top catch drivers don't train or maintain a stable anymore. They don't need to, to make a living. otherwise it would still be going on.

It still goes on st Hoosier. Trace will tell Tyler George who to claim and act like he had nothing to do with it.

[theokodjak26]

tmbz1Eric A. and Corey Callahan would be a toss up for nicest guy in racing. Honorable mention would go to Jimmy Meittinis. on a side note, i wonder how many times you and I have been in a paddock or grandstand together over the years.....

Meittinis may be a great guy but I witnessed him butchering more drives at Pompano than a lot of other guys there.

[Fuguzzi]

Still he used to win at the Big M with enough frequency to be "betable" I used to catch him week in and week out on Misfit for Bruce Saunders. He also did very well with a good 3 year old for a good outfit whose name escapes me. Point is he got live drives from good trainers there.   Crazy at may sound, Big M heyday - Choice between betting Jimmy Metteinis or Ed Lohmeyer strictly as a driver, I am going with Jimmy every time all things being equal. And eddie is going in the HOF next year. Relax guy, I am not saying Jimmy belongs in the HOF. Just making an ironic comparison.

[theokodjak26]

This doesn’t surprise me. Horses for courses, drivers for courses may have been in play. I used to bet Jim M at Pompano at first because his reputation was good up north. But time and again I was disappointed and poorer. He just didn’t seem to have a good feel for this 5/8 track.

[Fuguzzi]

May well have been. i cant argue and wouldn't with your first hand experiences. I am sure Jimmy carried no weight down there at all as his name could up here and that cabal in pompano was very difficult to crack. very corrupt there. many prior suspended sleazy types. You know who.