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Title: DRIVERS THAT BET
Post by: battleground on June 20, 2021, 09:01:16 PM
What percentage of drivers bet on the harness races?
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Post by: Fatboy on June 20, 2021, 09:08:08 PM
Race for cheap pots...who don't?
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Post by: FirstUpFrom8Hole on June 20, 2021, 09:51:50 PM
100%. At some point every single one of us sends money through the windows.
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Post by: bestbetter on June 20, 2021, 10:41:04 PM
What is the cash-in %??? lol  73cv.2
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Post by: Horses Wild on June 20, 2021, 10:51:27 PM
Drivers don't bet nor do they want to bet.
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Post by: Emperor Dapple on June 20, 2021, 10:56:44 PM
My dad liked betting against me..
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Post by: Superfecta on June 20, 2021, 11:15:21 PM
Drivers don't bet nor do they want to bet.

Fucking Idiot !!!
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Post by: JUICEJUNKIES on June 20, 2021, 11:31:06 PM
EVERY DRIVER.
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Post by: Village Idiot on June 20, 2021, 11:33:57 PM
I don't think they bet buuuttttttt I'd say 99% of them have someone bet for them.
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Post by: Horses Wild on June 20, 2021, 11:34:08 PM
Fucking Idiot !!!


Yup, like your mother.
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Post by: dukeman on June 20, 2021, 11:51:12 PM
IF YOU ARE MAKING 250K OR MORE PER YEAR DRIVING HORSES, THERE IS REALLY NO NEED TO GAMBLE.
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Post by: Mr. Vegas on June 21, 2021, 01:18:25 AM
Just ask A. Merriman.  He's lost a bundle. Horrible Black Jack player also!
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Post by: FirstUpFrom8Hole on June 21, 2021, 07:16:54 AM
What is the cash-in %??? lol  73cv.2

A lot less than the common rail bird degenerate.
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Post by: Third Over on June 21, 2021, 11:27:29 AM
Who wouldn't want a little tax free cash in your pocket at least once a week..c'mon,it's legal for a driver to bet "himself" to win and key on the gimmicks..it happens often.!!
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Post by: makingit on June 21, 2021, 12:01:54 PM
When I had horse I would always give my driver a $10 or $20 Win Ticket before the race. Nothing big and never anything else but a 1st Place ticket.  Never a place, show. exacta, or trifecta.  And if he won I would give him another tip.
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Post by: DeeJennerit on June 21, 2021, 12:13:59 PM
Pete Wrenn and Tony Morgan come to mind and you can bet your life on that.
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Post by: Emperor Dapple on June 21, 2021, 12:18:29 PM
When I had horse I would always give my driver a $10 or $20 Win Ticket before the race. Nothing big and never anything else but a 1st Place ticket.  Never a place, show. exacta, or trifecta.  And if he won I would give him another tip.

How did that work out for you ?
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Post by: makingit on June 21, 2021, 12:26:19 PM
I really don't think it made much of a difference but I do remember one night at Yonkers my horse was 60 to 1 coming down the stretch second and the driver appeared to give it a little more with the $20 Dollar Win Ticket in his pocket. The horse won. Like I said , I don't think it had any bearing on his effort. Who knows ?
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Post by: bostonborne on June 21, 2021, 12:42:57 PM
I think on the grand states rarely except in prelims. The choice of post for prelim winners helps. The bush-league tracks hell yes they gamble. Just follow the money. You make 35K a year driving but you have a brand new 65K truck and live on a 500K farm. That was a Canadian move for decades. Buy a run-down farm, Gamble, put the dollars into improvements, and then sell the farm at a huge profit. They just legitimized the money.

 And that Canadian strategy came straight from the mouth of a driver who is now a Hall of Famer to my ears.

All you have to do is follow the money. Does not add up..... you know the deal.

This is what it looks like when the driver doing it has no clue how to not be obvious....watch the 5....

https://vimeo.com/37392442




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Post by: remington on June 21, 2021, 01:05:16 PM
I never knew a driver that didn't bet or had some one bet for them. The money they make from driving them is taxed. If you think that they don't bet your are naive or to put it politely you are just plain stupid.
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Post by: toothman on June 24, 2021, 05:16:07 PM
https://vimeo.com/37392442

WOW DOUBLE ARMLOCKS FIRST OVER
NOT GOOD OPTICS
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Post by: dukeman on June 24, 2021, 05:27:26 PM
LET'S SAY THAT I AM DRIVING ONE FOR A 20K PURSE. I BET A GRAND ON MYSELF TO WIN< I GET BEAT AND FINISH 2ND, MY CUT OF THE PURSE IS 5% ($500). I HAVE JUST COST MYSELF $500.
MY MATH IS BAD>>>>I ACTUALLY COST MYSELF $750...
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Post by: Mr.Turnpike on June 24, 2021, 07:43:48 PM
Two words
HERVE FILION
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