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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: White Rabbit on January 11, 2026, 09:42:38 AM
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In sight has to how RB ‘s barn has the lowest win % & UDRS in the last 7 yrs to start the year off. He’s tied for wins with 10 of 73 but in years past , excluding few years ago when he started off the year in the penalty box , he’s always been on the in the high 20’s by this time .
D.Noble on the other hand is making two trainers look better then RB,
Peter Stratton, who I see on a regular base’s here at home & no judgement but he doesn’t look or present and operation like he should be 10 for 30.
So want I take from that is drivers in the past who have driven for him judge him by his appearance and rail shot his horse . Where as from what I’ve seen of Danny the few times this year we have went to NFLD is the Cole Trickle moto , Days of Thunder, there’s nothing I can’t do with a race car. In Danny’s case a race horse. The other trainer whom I don’t know is
C.Dermanend. These are just two trainers who look like RB.
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For the most part the horses Burke' are running now are his cheaper, low class horses who fit the conditions at wherever they're racing.. Most of these horses have low winnings percentages.
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Peter Stratton numbers look askew
training average :
2026 : .604
2025 : .183
2024 : .133
2023 : .085
2022 : .163
2021 : .144
2020 : .162
2019 : .173
2018 : .141
2017 : .139
has hovered around 20 wins per year for the last 15 years, has 8 wins so far this year
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Peter Stratton numbers look askew
training average :
2026 : .604
2025 : .183
2024 : .133
2023 : .085
2022 : .163
2021 : .144
2020 : .162
2019 : .173
2018 : .141
2017 : .139
has hovered around 20 wins per year for the last 15 years, has 8 wins so far this year
Yes, I was going to say that Peter Stratton was an auto toss in prior years.
But that’s at the Meadows. That was where he raced most of the time. Now, he’s hasn’t raced at the Meadows in 2026, but all at Northfield, so maybe it’s Noble.
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I think Stratton was a Monti regular for many years?
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Is Noble helping in ways besides driving? I don't know and asking?
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As of now Burke horses seem to be auto toss.
When would Noble have time to help Peter, he’s here in Pa and Nobles in Southeren Ohio so that ridiculous .
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As of now Burke horses seem to be auto toss.
When would Noble have time to help Peter, he’s here in Pa and Nobles in Southeren Ohio so that ridiculous .
Maybe whoever was helping Pirillo last year and Presto this month.
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By the way, Burke has a dozen racehorses listed on ongait today.
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You got to be a glutton for punishment to but one off Burke.
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Danny is making Duke Sugg look like Ivan. I would like to see Danny come over to Meadows and do double duty. I think he would have a realistic shot 1500 wins in 26. Horses just seem to go fast for him
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If Noble drove at the Meadows you would see a grown man cry. His name is Aaron Merriman. He has Aaron looking like Dan Kennedy.
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If Noble drove at the Meadows you would see a grown man cry. His name is Aaron Merriman. He has Aaron looking like Dan Kennedy.
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You got to be a glutton for punishment to buy one off Burke.
tmbz1 agree 100% tmbz1
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If Noble drove at the Meadows you would see a grown man cry. His name is Aaron Merriman. He has Aaron looking like Dan Kennedy.
I would list Noble on every one of my horses if he came to the Meadows. Dave Palone wouldn’t like that either.
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tmbz1 agree 100% tmbz1
Ervin Hanover seems ok
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Why would people hate Dan Noble?
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Ervin Hanover seems ok
I don't see that as a good example. Menary has had a long association with Burke. He currently trains Brue Hanover for Burke.
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yes but it’s a Pollack horse. I doubt Burke decided they’d get it to go 2 seconds faster for Dave than themselves
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It's 12 days into 2026. Way too small a sampling. Sure, might be a trend, but the #'s now are meaningless.
That said, like him or not, think he's cheating or not, Burke is an established, known trainer. If there is some current poor performance going on, let's see how that goes. Noble, while he has a history, talent, etc., his extreme results-----with his own horses-----specifically what happened on that particular night, was out of nowhere, is very egregious, and odd, to say the least. It has continued, to some extent. One guy going stone cold, and another being extremely hot, in this case, is two different scenarios as far as I am concerned.
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Peter Stratton numbers look askew
training average :
2026 : .604
2025 : .183
2024 : .133
2023 : .085
2022 : .163
2021 : .144
2020 : .162
2019 : .173
2018 : .141
2017 : .139
has hovered around 20 wins per year for the last 15 years, has 8 wins so far this year
I commented to a friend that it seems Peter Stratton has busted out at a dozen different tracks, and as for his current run, I think it's a combination of his cheap horses well classified because they had those mini series where you raced against the same horses every week and didn't have to move up, then he had Noble driving his stock and he's been on a run not seen since the Walter Case Yonkers era.
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It's 12 days into 2026. Way too small a sampling. Sure, might be a trend, but the #'s now are meaningless.
That said, like him or not, think he's cheating or not, Burke is an established, known trainer. If there is some current poor performance going on, let's see how that goes. Noble, while he has a history, talent, etc., his extreme results-----with his own horses-----specifically what happened on that particular night, was out of nowhere, is very egregious, and odd, to say the least. It has continued, to some extent. One guy going stone cold, and another being extremely hot, in this case, is two different scenarios as far as I am concerned.
Not to small of a sample size. Burke’s # 13 days into the year are down by 50% compared to same over the last 10 yrs starting the year off. Everyone keeps pointing fingers at Danny put he’s on pace to win more races as a driver then Burke as a trainer. Burke has won more races every year for the last 8 yrs or so then the dash winning driver. Which is un heard of. So Danny somehow is cheating, but Burke’s in a slump.
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Not to small of a sample size. Burke’s # 13 days into the year are down by 50% compared to same over the last 10 yrs starting the year off. Everyone keeps pointing fingers at Danny put he’s on pace to win more races as a driver then Burke as a trainer. Burke has won more races every year for the last 8 yrs or so then the dash winning driver. Which is un heard of. So Danny somehow is cheating, but Burke’s in a slump.
I don't disagree at all that Noble is cheating. Stats between the two, 3% into the year, mean nothing to me. Actually, stats between the two are meaningless to me. Statisticians can always come up with some random, myopic stat, or something of the like. Personally, I don't think the stats tell me one is cheating. Maybe the other in a slump, but like I said, 11 days into the year? 3% of the year? OK, everyone is entitled to their opinion. I've long said, statistics don't lie.....but statisticians do, LOL.