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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: rainman2 on May 19, 2026, 09:23:38 PM
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Please check the following:
Current owner
Recent breeder
Past owner
Never an owner
Please say where you currently/have raced in the past.
I'll start.
Current owner. Currently racing Saratoga harness. A mare on the Sunday card, A 3 year old NYSS potential stakes horse and a 2 year old in final preparations for 2026.
Past tracks-A few starts at Tioga, Vernon, too many at Saratoga, a few starts at Monticello, a handful of starts at Yonkers and the Meadowlands, Plainridge, and where I started--Pompano Park RIP
Only bred 1 horse about 15 years ago! My first horse--a mare by Big Towner!
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Owned a bunch between 1977 and 2007. Got out when the handwriting on the wall got too big to ignore in regard to the future of Illinois racing (fuck those crooked politicians and greedy track owners).
Raced mostly in Chicago. Had a few who were good enough to travel. One raced in The Battle of Lake Erie at Nfld. Another won multiple stakes in Chicago and raced in the Metro Final and N A Cup Elim in Canada. Best one was a mare who won at Lex, M1, Freehold, Yonkers and beat Shady Daisy at Nfld.
Had a lot of fun and made a few bucks. Learned a lot about human nature. When I had mostly claimers, everyone thought I was a nice guy. When I got lucky with a few good ones, people either sucked up to me or ignored me. When I got out of the business things went back to "normal."
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Raced at Tioga, Saratoga, Monticello, Jonkers, Pocono,Vernon
Quit when Oakes and Surick ran over my money. I’ll come back when Faraldough allows Out of Competition testing.
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Former owner breeder. Had enough of being ripped off by everyone in the business, trainers shippers vets blacksmith drivers race office’s farms , to name a few . Only people I respect are the hard working grooms
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saratogo metalands yonkers roosevelt
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myself,, only degenerate gambler
father/ owner
raced @green mountain,, saratoga,, foxborough
his trainers/ bill silk,, george walters,, danny madish,, barry segal,, dan wilsey
best year/ 14 wins with stonegate obrian
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Owned 1988 to roughly 2012. Mostly Monti, some Pocono, some Tioga, a lot at Stga, a few starts at Mlands and Yonkers, one start at Plainridge and a few at Dover, and, best of all, principal owner in ‘92-93 of a Seahawk Hanover filly who competed at all the NYSS tracks, and was, I would say, second best of the group she raced against. Set track record at Syracuse Mile, earned 167k in two years.
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YOUR FCKIN BORING JOHN
HOW MANY FCKIN TIMES ARE YOU GONNA DO THIS FCKIN NONSENSE SURVEY AND WHO THE FCK CARES HOWMANY HORES U OR ANYONE ESLE OWNED
I OWNED 128 SO WHAT,,,
IF YOUR THAT BORED FOR ATTENTION,,GO SHINE YOUR BOWLING BALL THK YOU
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Trainer-owner mostly a trainer. Too many tracks the list.
Multiple trainer titles and have done very well.
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Raced at Tioga, Saratoga, Monticello, Jonkers, Pocono,Vernon
Quit when Oakes and Surick ran over my money. I’ll come back when Faraldough allows Out of Competition testing.
Mikeee with zero wins I might add.
It shows how much you know Joe is on top of his game and he's been around for years.
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Raced at Tioga, Saratoga, Monticello, Jonkers, Pocono,Vernon
Quit when Oakes and Surick ran over my money. I’ll come back when Faraldough allows Out of Competition testing.
ngc3
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YOUR FCKIN BORING JOHN
HOW MANY FCKIN TIMES ARE YOU GONNA DO THIS FCKIN NONSENSE SURVEY AND WHO THE FCK CARES HOWMANY HORES U OR ANYONE ESLE OWNED
I OWNED 128 SO WHAT,,,
IF YOUR THAT BORED FOR ATTENTION,,GO SHINE YOUR BOWLING BALL THK YOU
I very well might have 128 bowling balls in my house right now and I do shine them after I use them!
People on plop might want to know who people are here so they can perhaps understand better. Both in racing and real life!
I don’t see many other people posting threads that as more interesting.
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I very well might have 128 bowling balls in my house right now and I do shine them after I use them!
People on plop might want to know who people are here so they can perhaps understand better. Both in racing and real life!
I don’t see many other people posting threads that as more interesting.
ngc3
I'm not going over Rocky's house to play this week ngc3
He wants to throw his toys at us ngc3
Maybe next week tmbz1
With that said....never any of the above, but if I was, I'd be all.
I would have the mare and the sire, breed the yearling, be the trainer and driver. Not become a vet but take enough training I'd understand equine anatomy.
If the horse was fit and more than capable of beating the competition they'd be raced.
Otherwise, like Rocky said a while back...they'd be like family pets. Likely staying with me too.
Without 100% control, I would not get involved.
At my age, what are the chances of accomplishing all that...near zilch! ;D
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Recent Breeder. I’ve tried a few different stallions, in State, out of state, even tried a French and Swedish stallion.
I once inquired about a stallions services and they told me they could just ship the Seman…..what’s the world coming to.
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Recent Breeder. I’ve tried a few different stallions, in State, out of state, even tried a French and Swedish stallion.
I once inquired about a stallions services and they told me they could just ship the Seman…..what’s the world coming to.
ngc3
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Recent Breeder. I’ve tried a few different stallions, in State, out of state, even tried a French and Swedish stallion.
I once inquired about a stallions services and they told me they could just ship the Seman…..what’s the world coming to.
recent breeder
ngc3 ngc3
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Currently own 5% of a 2 year old Minnesota bred that is getting ready to qualify at Running Aces in a few weeks. I had another one in 2024-25 that didn't pan out due to throat issues that surgery didn't fix. Prior to that, my first horse as a licensed owner was in 2017-18 at The Meadows, won 6 of 13 and nearly 30k starting at the nw1 level before we sold.
Outside of those 3, I used to partake in Running Aces 1% fractional ownership group from 2015-23 just for fun since it was fun, very affordable and got my foot in the door to make connections.
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Please check the following:
Current owner
Recent breeder
Past owner
Never an owner
Please say where you currently/have raced in the past.
I'll start.
Current owner. Currently racing Saratoga harness. A mare on the Sunday card, A 3 year old NYSS potential stakes horse and a 2 year old in final preparations for 2026.
Past tracks-A few starts at Tioga, Vernon, too many at Saratoga, a few starts at Monticello, a handful of starts at Yonkers and the Meadowlands, Plainridge, and where I started--Pompano Park RIP
Only bred 1 horse about 15 years ago! My first horse--a mare by Big Towner!
You were there when I owned the four cheapies at Pompano Park. While your homebred was making money, me and my partners were busy paying bills and losing money. LOL! But I do have great memories of that time. Sitting around the barn noshing fresh marinated mozzarella balls from Del Preste Market with Georgie Nap, Joe Pavia Jr. and Billy Palmer. Great fun.
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Former Driver/Trainer and now an owner.
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I never owned or trained just gambled, and not very good at that.