Quote from Lonnie on September 14, 2024, 8:04 AM

If only this were all true that they would give maximum effort every time they line up behind the starting gate.  You can tell (perception) that at times, the drivers are more concerned with just keeping their horses flat, or saving them if they have drawn an outside post.  Especially if the driver has a tie to the trainers and they want to "wait 'til next week" for a better post, or a higher purse...or, dare I suggest, a better price.

Quote from Senator Blutarsky on September 14, 2024, 11:30 AM

Quote from Lonnie on September 14, 2024, 8:04 AM

If only this were all true that they would give maximum effort every time they line up behind the starting gate like they are supposed to.  You can tell (perception) that at times, the drivers are more concerned with just keeping their horses flat, especially trotters, young horses, horses that are or surrounded by habitual breakers. or saving them if they have drawn an outside post.  Especially if the driver has a tie to the trainers and they want to "wait 'til next week" for a better post, or a higher purse...or, dare I suggest, a better price.

I fixed it ↑ for you. 

If you were a baseball coach, let's say a hitting coach specifically and your next batter was like 1 in 15 of getting a hit off that pitcher, would you tell the batter to prepare to be 1 in 16 and shake it off you'll get them next time don't even waste your energy, bench him and put in designated batter like a scratch but substituting, or deploy strategy a potential winning strategy / exploit a found weakness against that pitcher and share with your batter? <--- my #1 winning answer, what's yours?

Quote from Senator Blutarsky on September 17, 2024, 4:22 PM

Brett Miller, why start a new thread.  Let's examine Delaware County Fair aka JUG today, 091724, Race 9.

Ok you have the 8 who is heavily favored deserving, with the post compensated in as for the odds 3/2.

Why?, because the horse has speed enough to out speed these to the top or a leave and tuck.

What do you do?, you miss the gate, you park this horse the entire mile and between the 1/2 mile and 3/4 pole you're whipping and slashing this horse unmercifully to coax Freedom Hill to go 3 wide being a half dozen or more lengths already off the lead.

This poor horse needed to leave, if not leave sit last and wait out a couple of turns before you go around 4 turns wide parked again the entire mile from the 8 hole.  Apparently the 5% of the winning driver's share of the purse = $500, means absolutely nothing to you.

You should be investigated for this drive and I suggest suspended indefinitely, until your heart & head are back in this game with sincere motivation!

 

Quote from Senator Blutarsky on September 17, 2024, 4:38 PM

Quote from Senator Blutarsky on September 17, 2024, 4:22 PM

Brett Miller, why start a new thread.  Let's examine Delaware County Fair aka JUG today, 091724, Race 9.

Ok you have the 8 who is heavily favored deserving, with the post compensated in as for the odds 3/2.

Why?, because the horse has speed enough to out speed these to the top or a leave and tuck.

What do you do?, you miss the gate, you park this horse the entire mile and between the 1/2 mile and 3/4 pole you're whipping and slashing this horse unmercifully to coax Freedom Hill to go 3 wide being a half dozen or more lengths already off the lead.

This poor horse needed to leave, if not leave sit last and wait out a couple of turns before you go around 4 turns wide parked again the entire mile from the 8 hole.  Apparently the 5% of the winning driver's share of the purse = $500, means absolutely nothing to you.

You should be investigated for this drive and I suggest suspended indefinitely, until your heart & head are back in this game with sincere motivation!

 

I just spoke to Dave at the JUG Race Office, he will pass along the message to the judges to re-watch the 9th Race today, specifically focusing on Brett Miller's drive on the #8 Freedom Hill and call me back.

Quote from Senator Blutarsky on September 17, 2024, 7:34 PM

At 655pm I received a call from Jim, one of the judges. Kind of nuts, but they did not have have access to replay technology at that time, so they'll review the race tomorrow morning and focus on Brett Miller's performance.  I requested a return call after they reviewed.

He thanked me for supporting the sport.

Quote from dgtrotter on September 17, 2024, 9:55 PM

 maybe she is in heat and they didnt want to stress her out today.gonna suspend miller for that? i don't see the whipping either..what were you watching?

Quote from Senator Blutarsky on September 17, 2024, 10:16 PM

Quote from dgtrotter on September 17, 2024, 9:55 PM

she is in heat and they didnt want to stress her out today.gonna suspend miller for that?

If you are saying the horse (MAYBE) has an issue that would impede its performance then it should of been scratched?

What does that (being in heat) have to do with!:

Miss the gate form the 8 hole with a leaver (and favorite)

Leave anyway

Get parked the mile on a 1/2 mile fair track

Brutalize a horse between the 1/2- 3/4 mile pole that can go no more for now a 3 wide move is sought way off the pace

Brett Miller should be happy I'm not a judge, so yeah, that's my opinion, and I damn well pursued his suspension - and I'm not done - and for every-time this crap continues to happen I'll step it up to that territory that will give these type drivers sleepless nights as their regulatory will be under a constant watchful eye too, maybe they need the feds watching them!  I'm a participant too, my money on the line, my voice will be heard - this isn't about ripping up tickets - I rip up plenty silently -  this here is blatant conspicuous insanity!

Feel free to continue to lobby for Brett Miller like you have.

 

Quote from dgtrotter on September 17, 2024, 10:34 PM

you are a fool saying brett miller brutalized a horse.. no more thr for me

Quote from Senator Blutarsky on September 17, 2024, 10:46 PM

Quote from dgtrotter on September 17, 2024, 10:34 PM

you are a fool saying brett miller brutalized a horse.. no more thr for me

Hey, I'm not a sissy, but no personal attacks because I got reprimanded because another member says I'm am an ex-degenerate gambler and I don't belong here and he's lynching me out and I said he had anger issues in defense of myself.

I brought multiple facts you brought maybe the horse is in heat to the argument and in fairness I didn't call you names, but said hey continue to fight for him if you so choose.

When a horse can go no more and you continue to beat that horse that spent 3 turns going wide, starting with something as easy as a leaver making the gate, yeh that is brutality - for his mistake he chose to punish the horse and subsequently the backers and owners got one hell of a rip off.

This is business not personal, Brett Miller is a very talented driver he should know better.  Everyone makes mistakes but multiple consecutive is a red flag.