Credit Where Credit Is Due / Joe Bongiorno

[makingit]

Race 10 Harrah's Philadelphia September 8, 2024. Watched the race twice and Joe did a real nice job.  Sixth in the stretch and wins.

[Yonkers1A]

Very nice to say Jen

[Brown jug]

even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while
one fortunate drive, awesome

[Facts]

So was that a good drive by Joe ? Or a good effort by the horse ?

[Grandstand Handicapper]

Joe is not incompetent. He's certainly not dangerous. However, he is not a legit top driver IMO. You can look at stats and money won all you want, but that is not what dictates a great driver. Joe does not rate anywhere near the top in any category you would rate a driver in. One reason being is that he didn't get his experience the old-fashion way-----by driving all kinds of horses, crazies, cripples, problematic horses, and so on, and drive them hundreds of times and have thousands of drives where you actually learn how to be a an all around, total, complete, horseman and driver. When you win 5000 races as a driver, you learn more from the other 28 or 30,000 drives you didn't win.

[Brown jug]

gee thanks for confirming grandstand
i think saying joe b is not a top driver is well known

[Miguel_Sanchez]

He's a clown show.  Bouncing and slashing like he's from the 70's.  Tony Alagna said it best years ago "The only reason Burke fired Kakaley for Joey B is Kakaley has an ugly sister!"

[makingit]

I never said he was the best driver in the history of the game. I just said he used his noggin and drove a nice race. Last night at Yonkers he had four (4) Wins and none of them were favorites. Not too bad last night either.

[Arnold Ziffel]

How bad can the kid be if a few top trainer's use him at times?

[Harnessracerx]

He's a clown show.  Bouncing and slashing like he's from the 70's.  Tony Alagna said it best years ago "The only reason Burke fired Kakaley for Joey B is Kakaley has an ugly sister!"

Tony Alagna is the biggest clown show, take things where they come from  . Imagine paying his bills and having his groom drive. Maybe he just has a cute brother. 

[MIKE CAMPBELL]

Tony Alagna is the biggest clown show, take things where they come from  . Imagine paying his bills and having his groom drive. Maybe he just has a cute brother. 

[Miguel_Sanchez]

Tony Alagna is the biggest clown show, take things where they come from  . Imagine paying his bills and having his groom drive. Maybe he just has a cute brother. 

Oh I don't disagree with that at all but what he said was true.  If Jenn Bo Bo wasn't blowing RB at the drop of a dime Joey wouldn't of even sat behind a Burke horse.