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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: LUCPARK on November 16, 2018, 08:15:35 PM

Title: 2 percent 5 percent...extra
Post by: LUCPARK on November 16, 2018, 08:15:35 PM
Wood u pay an extra 2 percent or as much as 5 percent extra of purse money or flat 250 bucks  just to get a certain driver

Good idea ..bad idea?
Title: Re: 2 percent 5 percent...extra
Post by: HornbyDuke on November 16, 2018, 08:18:16 PM
Probably. Depends on who's being replaced. If it's Ronnie Wrenn replacing Dan Kennedy in a Northfield race, yes.
Title: Re: 2 percent 5 percent...extra
Post by: LUCPARK on November 16, 2018, 08:20:15 PM
Heard certain drivers  out east now asking for 500 flat fee plus 2 percent extra of purses won


I think it's a good idea.   tmbz1
Title: Re: 2 percent 5 percent...extra
Post by: PIGLAND on November 16, 2018, 08:24:18 PM
trace teatrick should never get a drive or paid for driving any horse .he gets nothing out of a horse
Title: Re: 2 percent 5 percent...extra
Post by: MR.DALRAE on November 16, 2018, 09:02:38 PM
Heard certain drivers  out east now asking for 500 flat fee plus 2 percent extra of purses won


I think it's a good idea.   tmbz1

Let’s hear who told you that Aesop
Title: Re: 2 percent 5 percent...extra
Post by: Winners Win on November 16, 2018, 09:03:01 PM
trace teatrick should never get a drive or paid for driving any horse .he gets nothing out of a horse


I feel ripped off whenever he drove for me and they took 25 out of my account.
Title: Re: 2 percent 5 percent...extra
Post by: MR.DALRAE on November 16, 2018, 09:03:31 PM
Trace is great
Title: Re: 2 percent 5 percent...extra
Post by: HornbyDuke on November 16, 2018, 09:06:32 PM
Top driver at Hawthorne wasn't he? Just a lot of live mounts?
Title: Re: 2 percent 5 percent...extra
Post by: Winners Win on November 16, 2018, 09:14:20 PM


I feel ripped off whenever he drove for me and they took 25 out of my account.

I think it was the only time my horse didn't win and still had the earplugs in when he came back to the barn.
Title: Re: 2 percent 5 percent...extra
Post by: LUCPARK on November 16, 2018, 09:21:59 PM
Let’s hear who told you that Aesop

its fact..;little man
Title: Re: 2 percent 5 percent...extra
Post by: Refusedtopace on November 16, 2018, 10:54:56 PM
Another nail in the coffin if this becomes standard. Little guy leaves, a lot of horses leave IMO.
Title: Re: 2 percent 5 percent...extra
Post by: HornbyDuke on November 16, 2018, 11:08:04 PM
I have a tough time believing this could happen but other folks may no better than me. If it were I as owner trainer id do the same thing the Steelers did with bell - just lock the person out.

The only two drivers worth this are probably Sears and Miller. But it would so such disarray with the driving community that it would make little sense.
Title: Re: 2 percent 5 percent...extra
Post by: Powerful Patricks Ghost on November 16, 2018, 11:08:39 PM
Heard certain drivers  out east now asking for 500 flat fee plus 2 percent extra of purses won


I think it's a good idea.   tmbz1

How much does Mucous charge? $5 bucks?
Title: Re: 2 percent 5 percent...extra
Post by: HornbyDuke on November 16, 2018, 11:13:40 PM
ngc3 Are any drivers agreeing to give a rebate if you use them. So instead of getting 5  percent maybe they get 2. It's like a free market driving concept.
Title: Re: 2 percent 5 percent...extra
Post by: Powerful Patricks Ghost on November 16, 2018, 11:16:32 PM
ngc3 Are any drivers agreeing to give a rebate if you use them. So instead of getting 5  percent maybe they get 2. It's like a free market driving concept.

Mucous should definitely be on the rebate system
Title: Re: 2 percent 5 percent...extra
Post by: spaheaven on November 17, 2018, 02:05:07 PM
Get an uber driver, only a $1 per mile.
Title: Re: 2 percent 5 percent...extra
Post by: Fatboy on November 17, 2018, 02:59:17 PM
YES IM GOING TO PAY FLAT FEE TO FINISH 8TH WEEKLY
Title: Re: 2 percent 5 percent...extra
Post by: Fair is fair on November 21, 2018, 05:32:00 PM
Morrill does it at buffalo and Batavia. 200 cash. Scumbag move
Title: Re: 2 percent 5 percent...extra
Post by: PIGLAND on November 21, 2018, 05:51:07 PM

POST OF THE YEAR!  100% TRUE!     tmbz1
CAT FUCKER OF THE YEAR
Title: Re: 2 percent 5 percent...extra
Post by: Fatboy on November 21, 2018, 06:51:12 PM
CAT FUCKER OF THE YEAR
73cv.2
Title: Re: 2 percent 5 percent...extra
Post by: Winners Win on November 21, 2018, 07:03:15 PM
Morrill does it at buffalo and Batavia. 200 cash. Scumbag move

Per drive?
Title: Re: 2 percent 5 percent...extra
Post by: Fair is fair on November 21, 2018, 09:47:06 PM
Per drive?

Yes per drive
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