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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: brownmoose13 on September 04, 2026, 10:50:18 AM
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I saw this morning where Ahole was fined $100 for failure to drive when programmed. I think the owners of his horses should pay Ahole $100 to NOT drive their horses and everyone would be further ahead.
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Fools always late to the paddock, imagine rushing to make a drive when there are 10 better suited drivers on the bench
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And bills all the owners for the travel
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Can you give your best effort when you're rushing for hours driving to make a certain race, instead of being well rested & fresh?
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I heard the Stable Jet had engine trouble and then the Stable Helicopter went to the wrong airport, and the Stable Limousine got a flat tire. The Stable owners will be all billed for the problems. AMAC has to travel in style because he can't drive.
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Quick Question:
1. is there a management fee charged ?
2. do they charge to travel to drive any horses?
3. all purses paid out to client as received and then billed for cost or do they keep purse checks and deduct all cost first. ?
4. usually if not listed as trainer there is no travel fees for non participation of staff
5. looks like bulk of horses are owned by select owner and minority interest sol to STABLE.
6. DO INVESTORS RECEIVE K-1?
7. SINCE FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES AS STATED HAS IRS CHALLENGED DEDUCTIONS?
LOTS OF QUESTIONS!
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Amac = Always Makes Amature Choices
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Last night at Northfield Ahole had 5 drives and the total purse winnings were...drum roll please...$1600!!
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AMac is a fucking joke. Guy is living the dream on other people's dime. Could care less he is costing them money since he still makes his regardless. Anyone who gives AMac a nickel is a moron.
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Today at Pocono in 10th race with ATOMIX HANOVER there were many top drivers available going for $300k. Drivers like KAKALY, Wilder, Buter, Bartlett. Palone, Callahan, Napolitano, Andrew McCarthy, Svanstedt, Dexter Dunne due to scratch. Lots of very good drivers available. Finished 6th. Not terrible drive but never got in hunt. Horse cannot race from behind. Raced very hard first few starts. if I owned him he would be turned out for year and brought back in January. Nice colt but now stung. Started out maxed out. Was on top of game from Qualifier but now needs greed cash!
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Today at Pocono in 10th race with ATOMIX HANOVER there were many top drivers available going for $300k. Drivers like KAKALY, Wilder, Buter, Bartlett. Palone, Callahan, Napolitano, Andrew McCarthy, Svanstedt, Dexter Dunne due to scratch. Lots of very good drivers available. Finished 6th. Not terrible drive but never got in hunt. Horse cannot race from behind. Raced very hard first few starts. if I owned him he would be turned out for year and brought back in January. Nice colt but now stung. Started out maxed out. Was on top of game from Qualifier but now needs greed cash!
No way he gets turned out until January. Not saying it’s a bad idea but Amac won’t do it and will milk the owners through end of stakes season
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Then he will be just a horse next year at 3. Trained and raced very hard early. Reached 2 year potential first or second start. Most good Colts get better as year goes by but these Colts peaked when qualify in June. Ian Moore truthfully is best trainer in Canada and c colt trained by him keeps improving. Remember today at Pocono other than the top two Colts the rest were just horses. Many nice Colts in every state. Many Pa Colts bypassed Pa for KY.
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i dont think he hides the fact he trains them hard
likely tries to get as much cash as possible at two so owners can re invest
every horse is different in how much they can take at 2
beau jangles should have been the poster boy, big strong colt, never travelled and yet ne comes back just average at 3 for whatever reason
the challenge is how do you protect them at 2 especially in the first 5 starts while they are still developing
if horse is good enough and you go in early sires stakes thinking to go around 151-152 and they blast at 150 the horse and driver will try to keep up
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Amac created a great job for himself and thats it. Novices invest and lose their money.....
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i dont think he hides the fact he trains them hard
likely tries to get as much cash as possible at two so owners can re invest
every horse is different in how much they can take at 2
beau jangles should have been the poster boy, big strong colt, never travelled and yet ne comes back just average at 3 for whatever reason
the challenge is how do you protect them at 2 especially in the first 5 starts while they are still developing
if horse is good enough and you go in early sires stakes thinking to go around 151-152 and they blast at 150 the horse and driver will try to keep up
I love how everyone says this. There is no proof that BJ was going to come back a monster at 3 if he raced half as much. Most people get the money while they can, not knowing what the future holds. They do this without the horse's best interest in mind of course. But as an owner or investor, where is the line between making a profit and deciding when is enough for a young horse? Somone in AMac's position definitely only wants to make as much as possible as fast as he can because he needs to keep investors happy and he is a complete, no-talent scumbag.
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not suggesting beau would have been different had he raced less at two
point was that if any horse could have come back a monster at 3 it was him
big strong colt, no travel and seemed to win his races easily at two
there is never any guarantee
if you feel his current situation would have taken place if he raced less starts at 2 than they did the right thing scooping as much cash as they could at 2
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Last night at Northfield Ahole had 5 drives and the total purse winnings were...drum roll please...$1600!!
I'm no fan of Amac but let's put the above into context. It was actually 6 drives and his odds were 103-1, 21-1, 44-1, 78-1, 12-1 and 35-1. Most with outside posts. Overall, not much chance, as reflected in the odds.
Now I'm going to turn this into a POLITICAL POST. When you put the above into context, it’s not nearly as bad as it initially sounded. Remember this the next time you see a Republican TV campaign ad talking smack about the other side without giving context. For example, Republicans love talking about how bad inflation was under Biden. What they fail to mention is that:
1. We were in the process of coming out of the COVID crisis.
2. There was massive federal stimulus spending (otherwise the economy would have really tanked).
3. Global supply chain issues, causing prices to rise.
4. Energy costs shot way up due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
5. The was a labor shortage and businesses had to pay higher wages.
Add this all up and it's surprising that inflation wasn't even higher than the 9% at it's peak.
In summary, all of the BS you are going to here between now and election day means absolutely nothing unless given context. The Democrats are not immune to this either but IMHO, not nearly as much as the Republicans.
Babi
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Don't even try to compare Administration to Administration. They were different times, with different circumstances. You can make the data say whatever you want.
Don't judge on what is said, but what has gotten done.
Do you think the policies implemented are going to make this country stronger short term and more importantly set it up for prosperity long term.
Remove the noise as much as you can and focus on the "accomplishments".