Mohawk 7-14

[HornbyDuke]

Be interested in other race fans opinion on the 8th race at Mohawk. Nice field  of nw 6k trotters at Mohawk won by a Dennis St pierre/Tiffany Staley special by the name of man of many missions at 37-1.

Hard to figure except that duo once or twice a yr pop a horse at enormous odds. Rail in mid stretch miraculously opened opened up wide enough to drive a battleship through and the beneficiary was the 6 yr old trotter St Pierre was piloting. New lifetime mark a few seconds faster than anything recently seen by this Staley charge.

Race looked funky to me which is why I've stopped playing Mohawk. A look at the late pick 5 to some might suggest that if any race were to be on the screw it would be this one. Other legs are grassroots and a high class trot.

Any other opinions? I don't see as much of this nonsense at big m as I do at mochalk.

[Smalltimer7932]

I did not play either I find it hard currently  to make money there as alot of games played and babies trying to get in finals with points how do u pick 37/1that shows 3 second slower times than the field and last quarter speed of 28-29 others look much more playable  and of course the gapping hole on the rail that magically  opened  Duke not much money has passed lately to mohawk I've played Hawthorne  and hoosier pick my spots and some Meadowlands  and done well some days good some not but you dont see that as much at other tracks or as blatantly  done

[rfuree]

Be interested in other race fans opinion on the 8th race at Mohawk. Nice field  of nw 6k trotters at Mohawk won by a Dennis St pierre/Tiffany Staley special by the name of man of many missions at 37-1.

Hard to figure except that duo once or twice a yr pop a horse at enormous odds. Rail in mid stretch miraculously opened opened up wide enough to drive a battleship through and the beneficiary was the 6 yr old trotter St Pierre was piloting. New lifetime mark a few seconds faster than anything recently seen by this Staley charge.

Race looked funky to me which is why I've stopped playing Mohawk. A look at the late pick 5 to some might suggest that if any race were to be on the screw it would be this one. Other legs are grassroots and a high class trot.

Any other opinions? I don't see as much of this nonsense at big m as I do at mochalk.

Watched this last night and had the exact same reaction as yours. It is really apparent when you see the front view of the stretch drive. James Macdonald left a hole that would never be left by a rail horse trying to hold his position. I know the tiring horse thing, but watch the replay and make up your own mind. As for the race time it speaks for itself

[SportsmansP5/8]

Field was full of breakers an losers horse did same thing last week brushed up rail!!!! The 1 was FAV why on the drop never wins 2 was breaker 3 scratched 4 scratched just a bad field that someone had  to win

[SportsmansP5/8]

What about race before that when better then bobbi pushes all favs back and 4 gets dream 2nd over or zeron getting bet 3/1 and not leaving for trip on trotter?? Alot of second guesses every nite in the north

[Jctoronto]

1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9

rail out..finished in numerical order.
nearly a 7/8 mile young trotter impossibility...t hough faves did run 1-2

[HornbyDuke]

Thanks for input. I thought it was respectable field of older trotters. 1 (7 yr old mare) won a 100 k last yr and trotted a 152.2 mile. The 2 (4 yr old gelding) won a $146 k last yr and the 9 won 88 k.

Lot of owners would luv those trotters. The winner I would categorize as a loser. 1 for 19 in last two yr with total of two yr winnings of $20 prior to this race.

Somebody does have to win though and I'm always suspicious at Mohawk it's the drivers.

[Brown jug]

your concerns are justified as they do pop that horse very infrequently at long odds
of course st pierre is usually long odds
look at how the mile went, the two favs battled each other the 9 angles out and is flat
the 10 saves all the ground and slides up the rail
of course that is how longshot wins, not like he is going to go first over and beat them
i agree it looks a bit "off" but i think it was just a perfect circumstances
and he did win his last start in a similar way
of course the odds are based on the bettors wagering

[whiptherabbit]

Watched this race live last night & thought nothing of the result whatsoever. 

#1- it was a short field
#2- Poor field
#3- St. Pierre could not have scripted a better trip then this. Generally when his stock pops at WEG (RARELY) they’re driven like he’s driving Colin Johnson’s stock in Montreal/Rideau 15 years ago.

Payouts weren’t off ... about 98% of the pick 5 pool dried up when he crossed the line etc... Horse just got a dream trip, nothing more nothing less...

[Jazzman]

pops this horse once a year but alwys on front when moneys down just a lucky trip in last