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Title: Tony Morgan - top overall harness horseman for decades!
Post by: hasbeen on September 21, 2025, 07:29:43 PM: Not the same factor he was in Illinois or when he relocated to DE, but I was watching him dominate at Maywood, Balmoral, Sportsmans, and Hawthorne (as,well as Springfield and DuQuoin) since the early 1990s.
Driver, trainer, knew a ton about the daily care of a horse from blacksmithing to nutrition.

I had my favorite drivers and trainers during those years but Tony really was the best of the best. tmbz1
Title: Re: Tony Morgan - top overall harness horseman for decades!
Post by: Bernie Madoff on September 21, 2025, 07:35:06 PM: Nice hearing from you, Mrs. Morgan.
Title: Re: Tony Morgan - top overall harness horseman for decades!
Post by: GOAT on September 21, 2025, 07:55:59 PM: Morgan certainly dominated the Chicago circuit for years before he moved to Delaware. He saw the writing on the wall in Illinois that their program was going into the shitter. He had Jim Scholz listed as trainer in Chicago. Not sure if that was just on paper or what?
Title: Re: Tony Morgan - top overall harness horseman for decades!
Post by: Oliver Clozoff on September 21, 2025, 09:42:32 PM: Quote from: hasbeen on September 21, 2025, 07:29:43 PM
Not the same factor he was in Illinois or when he relocated to DE, but I was watching him dominate at Maywood, Balmoral, Sportsmans, and Hawthorne (as,well as Springfield and DuQuoin) since the early 1990s.
Driver, trainer, knew a ton about the daily care of a horse from blacksmithing to nutrition.

I heard he's a terrible poker player, and will stiff horses to pay his debts.

I had my favorite drivers and trainers during those years but Tony really was the best of the best. tmbz1
Title: Re: Tony Morgan - top overall harness horseman for decades!
Post by: bumby on September 21, 2025, 10:53:08 PM: Quote from: GOAT on September 21, 2025, 07:55:59 PM
Morgan certainly dominated the Chicago circuit for years before he moved to Delaware. He saw the writing on the wall in Illinois that their program was going into the shitter. He had Jim Scholz listed as trainer in Chicago. Not sure if that was just on paper or what?

Penelope Morgan was who he listed in the later years there.
Title: Re: Tony Morgan - top overall harness horseman for decades!
Post by: kantseeback on September 22, 2025, 02:25:53 AM: Nobody in Chicagoland can top the immortal Dan Nants.
Title: Re: Tony Morgan - top overall harness horseman for decades!
Post by: GOAT on September 22, 2025, 03:15:02 PM: Dan Nance? Didn't they call him the elephant man? I thought he lived in Vegas now? The guy is/was a bum.
Title: Re: Tony Morgan - top overall harness horseman for decades!
Post by: Brooklyn Brawler on September 22, 2025, 04:09:16 PM: Quote from: GOAT on September 22, 2025, 03:15:02 PM
Dan Nance? Didn't they call him the elephant man? I thought he lived in Vegas now? The guy is/was a bum.

Yeah, but he has the best numbers!
Title: Re: Tony Morgan - top overall harness horseman for decades!
Post by: hoosierboy on September 22, 2025, 06:18:33 PM: Tony is one of the best over all horseman the business has seen. He can do it all
Title: Re: Tony Morgan - top overall harness horseman for decades!
Post by: Kirby's Ace on September 22, 2025, 06:20:58 PM: Quote from: hoosierboy on September 22, 2025, 06:18:33 PM
Tony is one of the best over all horseman the business has seen. He can do it all

tmbz1
Title: Re: Tony Morgan - top overall harness horseman for decades!
Post by: LUCPARK on September 22, 2025, 07:20:35 PM: TONY FCKED ON MY FIRST HORSE I EVER BOUGHT...

2003..

ME BEING NAIVE ,,WANTING TO BUY ONE SO BADLY..

15000... LEANED A VALUBALE LESSON,, ;D
Title: Re: Tony Morgan - top overall harness horseman for decades!
Post by: kantseeback on September 22, 2025, 07:33:12 PM: Quote from: Brooklyn Brawler on September 22, 2025, 04:09:16 PM
Yeah, but he has the best numbers!

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