I was a bit surprised that 62 per cent of drivers said they only “sometimes” watch replays of a horse they’ve never driven. It turns out a good percentage of drivers are just like us bettors: we don’t like the milking of classes either. “To prevent certain drivers from finishing second or third do you think conditions should be based on earnings?” elicited a 47 per cent agreement. Although, in this day and age, drivers better be scoring down in front of the tote board late, because those odds can change in a hurry. I liked that small percentage, because as a bettor, one thing we do know is the board is the best handicapper on Earth.

On the question: “will you drive horses more aggressively if they’re bet down even if you don’t like their chances” only 19 per cent said they would not. Reading through this most-interesting piece, put together by Dan Fisher and John Rallis, I found a lot of the answers were about what I expected, but there were a few that raised an eyebrow or two. Because there, only 5 per cent of drivers said they were “mostly thinking about the bettors” when the word go is given (although to temper Bob’s reaction some, 38 per cent did say they were thinking of both owners and bettors). Bob Marks used to say that when he bets a horse, he owns them for the next two minutes and because of that the driver better be driving for him.īob might not be too happy reading the Driver Survey in the April “Horseplayer” Issue of Trot magazine.

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