Tipping a driver too little. My friend feels so embarrassed

[LUCPARK]

Whats the proper tip

He  slide the guy a TEN SPOT

Guy looked at him and gave it back

Rude am i right

[Seamus11]

Jesus... at 5% on a $10K (hypothetically) purse, he’s making $500 for less than 2 mins work.  You take that by the hour??  You’re looking at $15k/ hr !!!  He doesn’t want your $10 spot?  Tell him to stick it!  Most of them will take the $10 and buy a couple blunts and be happy!!  Send him on down the road, Mate!  He ain’t the only game in town !!!

[Rabbi Of Racing]

Best tip to give a driver is BEFORE a race,to stay off the board,works every time

[The Exporter]

Why would you tip your driver? Did he give you special attention when your drinks needed refilling? Was your haircut extra sharp this month?
 His compensation is set to reward him with greater earnings for doing a betterr job.  Is that not enough?  Should the drive tip the owner for putting him down on a winner?

[LUCPARK]

What he finish in race?  Maybe upset with himself if he knows he had bad drive.


Otherwise yeah rude. Plenty of talent out there.

ran 2nd

at pompano

few days ago

my pal feels bad now cus he should have given more
the driver declined to drive  his horse this week,,

idk,,what to tell him

[harnessplop]

Whos the driver....ill send  peschi to talk to him

[FirstUpFrom8Hole]

When an owner slipped me a tip i never ever looked at it in his or her presence. I would politely thank them and tell them it wasn't necessary. Usually i would later split it with the groom.  They're doing the shit work. I just steer them around the track

[ridgeboy]

Got to be Wally!!!!!!!!   Finished 2nd a lot the last few days at Pompano....  Just sounds like him too...

[dinkadoo]

I used mostly two guys.
If I gave them $20 then we were at least live..
If they saw a $50 they knew to duck and ride.
That was pre casino racing

[LUCPARK]

I used mostly two guys.
If I gave them $20 then we were at least live..
If they saw a $50 they knew to duck and ride.
That was pre casino racing

if i bet and we won

100

stakes race my guy oo or td always got a 500 to
gee note..dependin on purse when illinois had good purses

those are facts that can be verified

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..again my pal is new bee in business..
 he just thought he was doin the right thing

hes over it now

[Fatboy]

  Nobody gets nothing. Arrangements already in place for fixed % beyond normal rates for stakes action and overnights.  You want loyalty? Slide the groom a c note and dont be afraid to ask questions. Top notch catch drivers are at your discretion, but a ten spot gets you laughed at forever. .  Let those hungry guys drive their way into the cash.

[Calhoun]

We never gave cash, except to grooms.

This was 30 years ago

Trainer said we're live, we gave trainer a $50-$75 win ticket, to be split with trainer, driver and groom.

Trainers and drivers got incentives, not cash. 

[Fatboy]

We never gave cash, except to grooms.

This was 30 years ago

Trainer said we're live, we gave trainer a $50-$75 win ticket, to be split with trainer, driver and groom.

Trainers and drivers got incentives, not cash.

split 50 dollar win ticket 3 ways? thats generous .  should be live every week, and if not you are wasting money waiting on that next big split, IF the trainer sez so...

[the master]

No reason to ever tip a driver unless you made a killing on the race! And don't be dumb enough to give it to him in the winners circle! And, in this case $10. is better not rendered!

[Calhoun]

split 50 dollar win ticket 3 ways? thats generous .  should be live every week, and if not you are wasting money waiting on that next big split, IF the trainer sez so...

Thanks for reading.  We had a blast owning.  Ours raced for purses of about $3k.  A $20 win ticket at 3/1 doubled a driver's earnings on a winner.   No one ever complained or took off for that reason.

It's hard to understand, I know. 

When you were a groom 35 years ago how much were people betting for you?