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Title: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: Birdfantammy on July 27, 2025, 01:58:37 PM
Just curious ..how is this horse in this race?   Seriously
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: Bret3Times on July 27, 2025, 02:08:46 PM
Winners of 2 but not more than 5 PM (NY owned or sired 6) PM Races or $40,000 Lifetime

Almost got beat and he didn't look good in winning.
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: seen2much on July 27, 2025, 02:13:04 PM
The connections found a paid qualifier.
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: Papillon on July 27, 2025, 02:14:33 PM
they were just keeping him tight for next Sat at M1 if he is in

he wasn't trying, wasn't asked, and I agree didn't look good
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: Pacer 2 on July 27, 2025, 02:14:53 PM
He fits the conditions he didnt have more than 6 wins
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: Deadbeat on July 27, 2025, 02:16:52 PM
He should have lost. Whelan did everything he could on the 5 to not beat him. Watch the replay.
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: Bret3Times on July 27, 2025, 02:31:18 PM
I watched the replay again and Deadbeat you are right. Little effort by Whelan in the stretch other than a spin of the whip in the air near the finish line. The two drivers were talking all the way back to the winners circle. Not a good look!
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: CMJAnew on July 27, 2025, 02:31:38 PM
Grand Circuit to non-winners 6 is a big drop. Bettor(s) still got a nice double out of it.
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: Harness racer on July 27, 2025, 03:19:51 PM
Did they race him on an empty tank today?  He wins the Meadowlands Pace and almost gets beat in this class.  WTF?
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: Brown jug on July 27, 2025, 04:32:40 PM
these tracks might want to add some conditions on the nw races to avoid this
for example ineligible winners of over $200k
race was unbetable
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: Birdfantammy on July 27, 2025, 04:36:55 PM
these tracks might want to add some conditions on the nw races to avoid this
for example ineligible winners of over $200k
race was unbetable

Absolutely 100% agree!  I couldn't believe when I saw him in this race.   IMO he should not have been based on earnings alone!   What a joke

I didn't bet the race.  He almost lost.  Should have lost.  Fixed race
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: Parked on July 27, 2025, 04:44:38 PM
Trainer did lose with a 45 cent horse a couple races later to a 20-1 horse.  Must have run out of vitamins??
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: Papillon on July 27, 2025, 05:16:29 PM
Absolutely 100% agree!  I couldn't believe when I saw him in this race.   IMO he should not have been based on earnings alone!   What a joke

I didn't bet the race.  He almost lost.  Should have lost. Fixed race

the race was fixed so a $2.10 horse would win?


Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: MIKE CAMPBELL on July 27, 2025, 05:59:15 PM
There should have been a purse cap
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: Parked on July 27, 2025, 06:41:50 PM
Watched replay, had to chase him to a struggling 1:52 win after pacing in 47.4 2 weeks ago ?.?? 
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: FirstUpFrom8Hole on July 27, 2025, 09:22:36 PM
Should have been barred from wagering. I drove one at a fair once that was barred and I damn near got him beat by trying to save him for the next race. I was coasting in the stretch and I kind of misjudged how fast one was coming on the outside.
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: Dostoevsky on July 27, 2025, 10:19:31 PM
When you rob a bank, then two weeks later come back to steal a pen.
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: Pacer 2 on July 27, 2025, 10:30:11 PM
Absolutely 100% agree!  I couldn't believe when I saw him in this race.   IMO he should not have been based on earnings alone!   What a joke

I didn't bet the race.  He almost lost.  Should have lost.  Fixed race

   Fixed race???    TOO FUNNY!!    ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3 ngc3
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: Oliver Clozoff on July 27, 2025, 11:49:48 PM
Horse is pissed Boyd keeps calling him a "motherfucker" 😂
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: Yonkers1A on July 28, 2025, 07:27:40 AM
Did they race him on an empty tank today?  He wins the Meadowlands Pace and almost gets beat in this class.  WTF?

EPO wore off, can’t light them up every race
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: The Exporter on July 28, 2025, 09:00:21 AM
That may have been the dumbest move I have ever seen, dropping that Horse in in a cheap over night. So many things can go sideways in a race. The only thing you can do is cheapen his value. Taking home a few grand and pacing in 52 does nothing for him or the owners.
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: Pacer 2 on July 28, 2025, 10:06:46 AM
Their #1 priority is racing him in the big races. But I dont see anything wrong in picking up wins in the conditions he still fits. Nothing wrong with making $5500/wk with an  easier trip...
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: Pacer 2 on July 28, 2025, 10:08:05 AM
EPO wore off, can’t light them up every race

   You have quite an imagination
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: Pacer 2 on July 28, 2025, 10:08:49 AM
the race was fixed so a $2.10 horse would win?
ngc3 ngc3 ngc3
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: Harness racer on July 28, 2025, 10:55:13 AM
That may have been the dumbest move I have ever seen, dropping that Horse in in a cheap over night. So many things can go sideways in a race. The only thing you can do is cheapen his value. Taking home a few grand and pacing in 52 does nothing for him or the owners.

Makes some of his other performances very questionable when you almost, and should’ve, gotten beat in a nw after the resume he has made for himself.
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: Yonkers1A on July 28, 2025, 11:47:58 AM
   You have quite an imagination

You probably think Gillis was clean
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: Pacer 2 on July 28, 2025, 03:01:19 PM
You probably think Gillis was clean
    Not familiar with Gillis.  Just Dobie Gillis   ngc3 ngc3
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: Parked on July 28, 2025, 05:42:29 PM
EPO wore off, can’t light them up every race
👍👍👍👍👍👍
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: CMJAnew on July 29, 2025, 04:40:18 AM
That may have been the dumbest move I have ever seen, dropping that Horse in in a cheap over night. So many things can go sideways in a race. The only thing you can do is cheapen his value. Taking home a few grand and pacing in 52 does nothing for him or the owners.

Second time Madden Oaks has raced that condition after/between Grand Circuit races. There is a class drop exclusion….but only for horses not stabled at the track.
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: The Exporter on July 29, 2025, 05:57:41 AM
My point is , if you just won a Grade 1 stake, elevating your value by accomplishment many times, why would you risk all you have accomplished for little if any upside. What does wining an overnight at Tioga do for you? Nothing. What would getting beat in an Tioga overnight do for you? Expose the horse as ordinary.
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: Papillon on July 29, 2025, 09:53:09 AM
My point is , if you just won a Grade 1 stake, elevating your value by accomplishment many times, why would you risk all you have accomplished for little if any upside. What does wining an overnight at Tioga do for you? Nothing. What would getting beat in an Tioga overnight do for you? Expose the horse as ordinary.

possibly just keeping him tight for this Sarturday's Cane Pace?

why not get paid a few thousand as opposed to having a qualifier?
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: Harness racer on July 29, 2025, 10:59:05 AM
I agree with that strategy instead of a qualifier, but the horse looked very average.  Like they wanted to see what he could do on an empty tank and he should’ve gotten beat.  A Meadowlands pace winner should win that class by open lengths in a hand drive
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: Papillon on July 29, 2025, 11:09:12 AM
I agree with that strategy instead of a qualifier, but the horse looked very average.  Like they wanted to see what he could do on an empty tank and he should’ve gotten beat.  A Meadowlands pace winner should win that class by open lengths in a hand drive

agree

maybe they tried less/no gas for this race
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: rainman2 on July 29, 2025, 11:22:10 AM
If the horse wins (and he did) people aren’t happy because he won and he got the conditions.  Now he wins by a head and the critics are out. And if he gets beat, the critics hav  Ed even more to complain about. A no win situation whatever the outcome is!!
Title: Re: Madden Oaks at Tioga 4th race
Post by: CMJAnew on August 01, 2025, 07:24:10 AM
If the horse wins (and he did) people aren’t happy because he won and he got the conditions.  Now he wins by a head and the critics are out. And if he gets beat, the critics hav  Ed even more to complain about. A no win situation whatever the outcome is!!

Maybe….but some love finishing second in that class. As for bettors….the double was plenty good considering his odds starting it off. So, a few may consider it a WIN situation.
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