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Twin B Joe Fresh was so good last time....thats what champs do..they just pull away from the field. Great effort by Kobis Gigi to get 2nd. A mare thats been around for a while getting her share but seemingly forgotten about. I think Twin B should race against the boys in the TVG...horse of the year no matter whatWhat a finish to the year by Mirage Hanover, you could see the oodles of talent earlier with those fast 1/4 finishes but had some tough luck. That Jug effort showed alot and he has been raging ever since. Hope he and Nijinksy come back as 4 year olds to inject some life into the sagging FFA divisionTCI was huge and its a shame he got nipped by Sig Sauer. Looks like Sig Sauer is the 3 yo trotter of the year...he won the Dancer, Beal, Futurity and BC...impressive resume so he deserves it. Allegiant finally puts it together but where does that leaves divisional honors. I say R Melina because that peanut is literally right there in every race and her futurity performance was the most impressive in the division this year. My Girl EJ captured divisional honors with that win.....big performance from Tarrific who just missed from post 10 but was huge the week before. Winners Bet nice consolation for Nancy who strangely or not so strangely who seemingly doesnt have much going on in any other division. Coach Stefanos with an unlikely last to first finish closing like a freight train...like an old Big M ffa race. The big guns shot blanks and the payouts were insane. A big race still to come but even with the clunker Abucketabett is the tap for divisional honors Call Me Goo just impressive, wasnt sold on her based on her past Big M performances...wo nt get divisional honors though that is for Jiggity Jog
Dunn drives 95% favorites in the top purse races all year. Let him go drive overnights at any track for 5 years and and let’s see how he compares then
Dexter is definitely #1 but I read some that coming into the weekend his highest post time odds for a winner was 8-1 in the BC. Lots of chicken and the egg there - he drives the best because he is the best and horses also get bet down when he drives. I’d take Zeron over Todd, Andrew and James but probably splitting hairs. Scotty had a win and three seconds. All the seconds were photos and he lost those three by a combined 1/4 of a length. I actually think he shows his merit when driving the lesser horses by having a willingness to try and pick up a check. He is 4th on the money list and may hit $10mm with the least amount of drives related to all the big drivers. His top client had a bad year and he gets the B drives for Melander and the C/D drives for Alagna and Takter. I actually think Burke should start using him where he used Miller before
I like Scott. Other than his father being a bit of a character, LOL, he's got good genetics. He's very talented. He's a smart driver. He's got good hands, and can really keep a horse live, on the bit, etc., as well. Scott has accomplished more before 35 than many ever accomplish----2 Hambo's, 2 NA Cup's, the Jug, and so much more. He was the leading driver (wins) in Canada by the age of 20. There is a downside of accomplishing too much too soon----experience just being one. Easy to gain experience winning races and driving good horses, but you have to learn how to drive the bad horses well so to speak. He's still young. He's going to become even more well-rounded, and most of all more "refined"----more mature, refined hands, softer hands, a master of pace, etc. He has a great future ahead of him.Dexter was just 35...I think his future is even brighter. LOL.
