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You've got one race to win... who's going to drive your horse?

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Who would you choose to drive your horse in the biggest and richest horse race in the world?

Feel free to choose two.  A driver who is active today, and a driver from the days of yore.

I'll start:

Active Driver:  Scott Zeron

Olden Days:  Joe O'Brien if it's a Time Trial; Stanley Dancer if it's a race.

Dexter Dunn- those in the know think his hands are the best

 

Herve Filion - watch him stand up in the sulky following Hot Hitter’s 79 Jug win.  Legendary.  Crazy good on the 1/2 mile tracks.

Quote from Bgtolex25 on August 10, 2024, 9:26 PM

Dexter Dunn- those in the know think his hands are the best

 

Herve Filion - watch him stand up in the sulky following Hot Hitter’s 79 Jug win.  Legendary.  Crazy good on the 1/2 mile tracks.

Herve Filion just blew my mind watching him at Freehold, Yonkers, and Roosevelt Raceway.  To watch him come down the lane and not move a muscle as he blew by everyone else for yet another victory told me there's something special in this one.  Obviously, as he destroyed the record for most career-driving wins at the time.   That record stood for a long time.

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active....Dexter Dunn

retired.John Campbell

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Quote from tay town blarney on August 14, 2024, 3:01 PM

active....Dexter Dunn

retired.John Campbell

So glad John Campbell is active in the sport with the Hambletonian Society, which also manages much of the Grand Circuit.  He is class dude!

Dunn 

Pierce 

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Michael Jordan, sorry I meant Walter Case Jr. 🙂 hands down and even if my life depended on it.....but also one of the (same) last people on the planet I'd give the carving knife to divvy up the turkey up on TG.

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What have others said about Blutarsky... (("Get away from me, and stay away from me!!" - Ex Girlfriend)) - (("Creeeeeepy" - Neighbor)) - (("Ughhhh...Jerk off, retard, loser." - Mother)) - (("Cheater, clown, a brown stain on this High School!" - Former Teacher)) - (("There are worst consequences to sex than STDs, abortion > BLUTO!"- Dad)) - (("He liked us probing him way too much, therefore we will not be abducting, he's all yours." - An Extraterrestrial))
Quote from Senator Blutarsky on August 27, 2024, 12:46 AM

Michael Jordan, sorry I meant Walter Case Jr. 🙂 hands down and even if my life depended on it.....but also one of the (same) last people on the planet I'd give the carving knife to divvy up the turkey up on TG.

Casey still has the magic touch.  I have noticed that he brings in longshots with regularity.  I was in Maine at one of the Fairs last summer, and in the last race I was there for, his entry caught my eye in the program.  On paper, it looked like he had the best horse.  For some reason, he was 8-1 on the board.  Needless to say he paid for my gas money and a meal on the drive back to New York.

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Quote from Lonnie on August 27, 2024, 9:20 AM
Quote from Senator Blutarsky on August 27, 2024, 12:46 AM

Michael Jordan, sorry I meant Walter Case Jr. 🙂 hands down and even if my life depended on it.....but also one of the (same) last people on the planet I'd give the carving knife to divvy up the turkey up on TG.

Casey still has the magic touch.  I have noticed that he brings in longshots with regularity.  I was in Maine at one of the Fairs last summer, and in the last race I was there for, his entry caught my eye in the program.  On paper, it looked like he had the best horse.  For some reason, he was 8-1 on the board.  Needless to say he paid for my gas money and a meal on the drive back to New York.

He always has a had a symbiotic relationship with the horse.  I grew up in the Bronx.  Started going to Yonkers, Roosevelt, Big M and the NYRA T-bred tracks with my grandfather in the early 80's.  I watched Wally do magic.  Take horses with absolutely abominable records that no one could do anything with and breeze with them.  Take trotters that broke into the first turn, back on stride and win easily.  Simply amazing!  He needs to nominated and be in the hof!

Top drivers were doing matinee and night cards and couldn't manage to come close to his wins at primarily one track.  He made Northfield something from a nothing pre-casino days when $2k purses were pretty much it there.

We all know his past, self destruction, indiscretions, violence.  He went to prison, has been blackballed by the majority in a very corrupt "sport", he who throws the first stone...  

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What have others said about Blutarsky... (("Get away from me, and stay away from me!!" - Ex Girlfriend)) - (("Creeeeeepy" - Neighbor)) - (("Ughhhh...Jerk off, retard, loser." - Mother)) - (("Cheater, clown, a brown stain on this High School!" - Former Teacher)) - (("There are worst consequences to sex than STDs, abortion > BLUTO!"- Dad)) - (("He liked us probing him way too much, therefore we will not be abducting, he's all yours." - An Extraterrestrial))

He's similar to Pete Rose when it comes to the Hall of Fame. Maybe one year. They both belong. 

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