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Its amazing to me that the Meadowlands replaced Bob Heyden with people that are not only clueless but also hard to listen to. Bob is not only a great handicapper but also Harness Racings foremost historian.
BESIDES WARKENTON,...THE BIGM TELECASTS ARE FOR MENTALITY DERANGED AWEFULL WHATS GURAL PAYING 13 .50 AN HR
Across harness simulcasts, Jacob Rheinheimer is undoubtedly the most informed and well-spoken handicapper in the country... and it's not even particularly closeThe on-air product at Hoosier improved greatly this year. The racing product, not so much, and the driver colony is entirely to blame.The drivers at Hoosier are so timid, un-aggressive, and noncompetitive. Only track in the country where a driver on a 12/1 horse is strategically racing to finish 3rd-5th, not 1st. Favorites steal uncontested leads, 30 second 2nd quarters, free wins for the top trainers/top drivers - a self-fulfilling prophecy that continues to cycle. Anyone who blames the trainers (George, Erv, Burke, etc) is looking at Hoosier's problems completely upside down. So many people talk about the rapid form reversal for horse's switching into these barns and blame the trainers for doing something illegal, when they don't consider that the barn switch also comes with a switch to the top driver and being the odds-on favorite - and thus uncontested leads and easy wire-to-wire wins. I've tracked a lot of these horses and many rattle off win streaks with just a minor boost in their raw TM speed rating, which tells me it's all about the role switch.Hoosier needs to focus on recruiting better drivers, and not micro-managing their trainers.
I can promise you that driver changes are not making these horses go 4 seconds faster. EPO usage is a fucking epidemic and how the commissions and the USTA just turn a blind eye is a fucking disgrace, as many honest hard working horsemen are losing not only races but their owners, homes and ultimately their livelihood to a bunch of criminals that are destroying not only the health of their horses but a once great industry.
At this point Heyden just spits out useless trivia facts that offer no real insight from a handicapping perspective.
His role has been squashed, probably due to Gural. He is a cheapskate. The handicappers are Village Idiots.Have you heard this guy Joe Romaniello? A wannabe Dave Little. Freaking joke!
