Congrats to Scotty Zeron

[ferdinand the bull]

Scotty Zeron is a better driver than Yannick Gingras. There I said it   DEAL!

Scotty best driver to come out of Canada since Campbell

[HornbyDuke]

If ache is patient and stays on the rail does he win race? His biggest shortcoming is unbridled aggression. Scotty is more willing to let things come to him.

Hey, howabout two trotters winning his and her hambo from 10 post. Odd # of outside posts winning on hambo day; especially trotters.

[Fuguzzi]

Scotty best driver to come out of Canada since Campbell

Excellent observation Ferdinand.

[Harness racer]

If ache is patient and stays on the rail does he win race? His biggest shortcoming is unbridled aggression. Scotty is more willing to let things come to him.

Hey, howabout two trotters winning his and her hambo from 10 post. Odd # of outside posts winning on hambo day; especially trotters.

Ake sucks!  Has no sense of what's going on around him during a race.  He can't change plans on the fly and if his predetermined strategy isn't right, he looks like an idiot and costs his owners tons of cash!

[Fuguzzi]

I get the points you are making about Ake as a driver. Many of the Swedes back in my day drove their own as often if not more than they used catch drivers. From a bettor's perspective one could say he "sucks". But he is a great horseman and excellent trainer of trottrs and runs a first class outfit.

[Harness racer]

I get the points you are making about Ake as a driver. Many of the Swedes back in my day drove their own as often if not more than they used catch drivers. From a bettor's perspective one could say he "sucks". But he is a great horseman and excellent trainer of trottrs and runs a first class outfit.

I completely agree he is a top notch trainer.  He could make 30-40% more at a minimum if he only used the top catch drivers.

[Fuguzzi]

Cant argue that. I have used him several times on top at good prices ( since he was driving ), including saturday and have had to endure alot of seconds and thirds that easily could have been wins with any accomplished driver.

[Generation XYZ]

Scotty's a hard working guy, deserves all the credit. He earned It!

[Fuguzzi]

He epitomizes all that is right about a harness driver.

[PineHurstPacer]

10.6 Million in purses for Scott Z this year

add in tips and drivers pay for also rans and he banked in the neighborhood of 600K this year

Good enough he is saying no to winter racing

3 months off......good for him, wish I could do the same

[Parked]

I completely agree he is a top notch trainer.  He could make 30-40% more at a minimum if he only used the top catch drivers.

And get a drive like Confederate got
Ake drives ok in my estimation.  His training skills cover most of his driving mistakes.  His horses can outlive a bad trip. 
I’d rather my horse got beat because of a bad drive than because it was stiffed.   

[rainman2]

Scotty best driver to come out of Canada since Campbell

I wouldn’t quite go that far in your assessment. However’ he paid his dues in the business and earned to where he is today!

Food for thought—What were Campbell’s final starts-1st-2nd-3rd-UDRS and where are Zeron’s??

[rainman2]

Luckiest driver in the country

Seas alwsys part for him

He’s got patience. He’s got talent

He’s not better than green hornet or bionic man

Question of the day:
How good would Scotty Z be driving horses Burke stock, Tetrick stock, et al?

[rainman2]

A great job when the flood gates opened on the rail. Zeron is great when there is big money on the line.

Didn’t Calvin Borel do the same thing in thoroughbred racing??
Horses get tired, they generally drift out and the rail opens up. The shortest between 2 points is the straightest line!!

[Miguel_Sanchez]

Question of the day:
How good would Scotty Z be driving horses Burke stock, Tetrick stock, et al?

If Zeron drove for Burke he would be top 2 in earnings and Burke would win a lot more big races.  Rumor on the street is Nancy is shopping for a backup on Karl.  There just looking for a reason to get rid of Yannick.  Everyone knows he's a week to week driver and can't win the Hambo.  Winning the hambo takes planning and getting the horse right.  Yannick doesn't teach a horse anything and he has zero skills.  With Yannick driving Karl will have to go gait to wire every start next year.  He will never last doing that.