A little bit more logical than entering Soho Tribeca in the Inter Dominion.
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Trainer Ron Burke tops 1000 wins in a season again
https://ustrottingnews.com/burke-tops-1000-wins-again/
Lifetime, he has won 13,315 races and just over $295 million in purses, both records for a trainer.
Second in career wins among trainers is Virgil Morgan Jr., with a total approaching 7,200. Second in lifetime purses is Jimmy Takter, who retired with $130 million to his credit.
This season he is more than double the next closest in earnings and more than triple the next closest in wins
That is domination
Burke cannot be liked by the media as
Jim Campbell, the winner of the Garnsey Trainer of the Year Award, had a fine UTR for 2022 of .428, and put up his third-best seasonal earnings figure, nearing $2.9M, after starting far few horses than he did in his two best years for earnings.
Jim earned $750,000 of that lofty earnings figure in the space of two hours on Aug. 6 at The Meadowlands, where he became only the third trainer to send out the winners of the Hambletonian (Cool Papa Bell) and the Hambletonian Oaks (Fashion Schooner) in one year.
https://ustrottingnews.com/brad-gran...r-of-the-year/
Burke earnt over $22m compared to Campbell's $2.9m (Burke has won it 3 times in the past - two of which were other 1,000 winner seasons)
The Ron Burke Stable is training 75 2-year-olds
https://ustrottingnews.com/burke-tra...aining-roster/
He has 12 Sweet Lou and 11 Downbytheseaside
Going on last year's leading 2yo Sires table he is definitely under-represented on Captaintreacherous and a bit under on Huntsville, American Ideal and Lazarus
https://www.ustrotting.com/trackside...&yr=2022&age=2
Betting Line's top 2yo earnt $57k US so you can see why he is dead in the water over there
Captaintreacherous had 9 earn over $150k US
Some takes from an interesting article
https://harnesslink.com/usa/economic...owards-owners/
Despite a positive rise in in purses paid and in the number of race days held in the USA for 2022, the total wagering number was down -8.44% over 2021. While in Canada, which was shut down for a lot of 2020 and 2021 due to Covid restrictions or raced without spectators showed an increase in both wagering and purses paid of a dramatic +40% increase in both categories.
JAY HOCHSTETLER, owner, trainer, driver – “This is probably a topic that deserves an academic research paper rather than my deductions because I think it is so multi-faceted, but every part combines together to create the massive discrepancy in handle change. Canadian tracks programs are accessible for free to anyone while US tracks are behind paywalls. That’s just a sign of respect to the bettor lots of people are drawn to.
Betting Line breeding statistics the USTA Stallion Showcase:
http://stars.ustrotting.com/stallion.cfm?stallion_id=
First season at stud resulted in 2018 122 live foals at Hanover Shoe Farms
Last year 2022, 23 live foals.standing at Winbak in Canada.
He was shunted quite quickly.
Nick Surick sentenced to 62 months in prison
In addition, Surick was ordered to pay restitution in the total amount of $42,752,532 to the victims of the offenses of conviction.
https://ustrottingnews.com/nick-suri...ths-in-prison/
Lochinvar wins