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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: bello on November 24, 2024, 01:30:18 PM
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He is the new king of the amateurs Not sure where he came from but he but he is exceptional trips despite all the chaos in front of him by the other amateurs.
Pretty impressive. Patience of a saint.
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Not hard to be patient when you have 2 in the race and you send the one you're not driving out for a suicide mission to kill the competition
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While I used to disregard these races---unfortunately, now I am find myself looking at them -- and I am not so sure that's a good thing, LOL. That said, a few of these amatuer drivers are only considered "amatuer" because of a rule change many years ago. I don't know the details, and perhaps someone here can add the proper clarity -- however, I was told that X number of years ago, a regular driver could revert back to and regain his/her amatuer status, simply by forgoing their 5% earnings/winnings.
I believe this rule change applied to---Neil Glasser, David Glasser, Yogi Sheridan, Peter Kleinhans, Mark Silva, and perhaps others. If those drivers took advantage of that, than perhaps they have an advantage over the others. Maybe, maybe not. Neil and David Glasser have been driving for as long as I can remember, going back to the 90's (Neil more than Dave). Neil is certainly not a professional catch driver, but he's far from an amatuer. I've met David a handful of times, and we are certainly not friends, but thirty plus years of experience is an edge over two or three, LOL. Sure, it's still the horse, but some feel an advantage is an advantage.
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They wear you down with more and more amatuer races and spreading them over both nights. Gamblers get tired of sitting out a half dozen races a weekend. Gural and his team have succeeded with whatever their intent was with this idea. Moving to maybe half races being amatuers.
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While I used to disregard these races---unfortunately, now I am find myself looking at them -- and I am not so sure that's a good thing, LOL. That said, a few of these amatuer drivers are only considered "amatuer" because of a rule change many years ago. I don't know the details, and perhaps someone here can add the proper clarity -- however, I was told that X number of years ago, a regular driver could revert back to and regain his/her amatuer status, simply by forgoing their 5% earnings/winnings.
I believe this rule change applied to---Neil Glasser, David Glasser, Yogi Sheridan, Peter Kleinhans, Mark Silva, and perhaps others. If those drivers took advantage of that, than perhaps they have an advantage over the others. Maybe, maybe not. Neil and David Glasser have been driving for as long as I can remember, going back to the 90's (Neil more than Dave). Neil is certainly not a professional catch driver, but he's far from an amatuer. I've met David a handful of times, and we are certainly not friends, but thirty plus years of experience is an edge over two or three, LOL. Sure, it's still the horse, but some feel an advantage is an advantage.
Dont forget Devin Spriggs. Was a pretty good pro at Pompano years ago.