Anthony MacDonald / Lou Armstrong

[SDST2009]

31.2  1:02.0    (30.3)   1:31.0    (29.0)   1:58.4    (27.4)

Do you get fined/suspended for a slow quarter/half?  This could cost him a good chunk of his 5%.   

Not a good time for Scioto.  The track plays very fast to begin with.  What happens when this horse faces better?

From what I have seen of him he is an OSS level colt all day if he doesn't drive him like he's 5x better than anything he's in with. Easy to get away with a race like last night when everyone else knows that, too.

He still may get fined, though

[SDST2009]

The price of Starbuck's just went up

Buffalo Raceway   7-15-26

Miss Lady May    5    6/DIS    7/DIS    7/DIS    7/DIS    7/DIS          *0.90     Anthony Macdonald

Left out of this was the break she made at the gate. Again, no fan of his style but 2yos trotters are gonna do 2yo trotting things.

However, could've saved his partners quite a lot by letting someone local drive.

[TimTimTimbo]

From what I have seen of him he is an OSS level colt all day if he doesn't drive him like he's 5x better than anything he's in with. Easy to get away with a race like last night when everyone else knows that, too.

He still may get fined, though

Yeah, I would say there are not many better than him at this early stage as long as he doesn't torch him like he did before this win.

[Call Sign Merlin]

Will always think it’s bad for the sport when guys jam these things down in class.  Horse was 4-5 seconds better than anything else, jammed them up to a half in 102 and came a back half in 55.  Feel like you see it in Ohio more than anywhere else

[rainman2]

Will always think it’s bad for the sport when guys jam these things down in class.  Horse was 4-5 seconds better than anything else, jammed them up to a half in 102 and came a back half in 55.  Feel like you see it in Ohio more than anywhere else

2 year old qualifiers work on the same principle.  The only difference is you don't know how much faster the horses will be in their first start or 2 after this.

[PineHurstPacer]

8 hole in a Sire Stake Monday, odds he gets parked the mile?

RACE 6 - Northfield Park - OH - July 20, 2026
Conditions: OHIO SIRES STAKES 2 YEAR OLD COLTS & GELDINGS 2ND LEG - 2ND DIVISION
Gait: TrotPurse: 50,000Class: OHSS 2CDistance: 1 MilePost Time: 7:50 PM


8 Lou Armstrong       Anthony Macdonald

[Brown jug]

as a general rule if he has the best horse by 3-5 lengths and can get to the front he is fine
otherwise its a disaster waiting to happen

[PurpleJesus]

This clown charges $2600 a month training bill and wants the ownership group to pay the fine for the slow half in PEI. Woodmere Rock It won the stake, BUT , the driver needs the fine taken care of? Can't  make this up. WOW. Video posted on Ubatuba July 17