Anthony Morgan Longshots

[pandy]

Veteran harness driver Tony Morgan, driving at Philadelphia and Harrington, had 11 winners last week, and look at the payoffs: $113.20, $55.00, $32.00, $26.40, $21.00, $13.40,$4.80, $4.40, $4.00, $3.60, $3.40.

[Ray2000]

Let me add to that,

September has had a bunch of triple digit winners (the Napolitanos are beating me up:))
Yesterday that $113 was Tony's dad? 72 yo?



Date Track Raceno WPaid driver
3-Sep HOP 8 202 Tom Luther
18-Sep MOH 11 175.2 S Filion
18-Sep HOP 14 173 Brandon Bates
16-Sep PCD 8 160 Anthony Napolitano
11-Sep FLMD 5 140.9 Br Richardson
16-Sep NFLD 5 130.4 Ladarrius Whitaker
2-Sep FLMD 1 114.6 T Moore
21-Sep FLMD 2 114.5 Ph Hudon
21-Sep CHST 3 113.2 Terry Morgan
4-Sep CHST 6 109.4 David Miller
4-Sep HAR 3 109.4 Ross Wolfenden
1-Sep CHST 12 108.6 Sean Bier
20-Sep MOH 9 104.3 Ph Hudon
8-Sep MOH 11 101.2 J Jamieson
20-Sep PCD 3 100 Eric Ledford
10-Sep HOP 1 98.2 Willie Schwartz
2-Sep MOH 12 96.7 Ja Macdonald
16-Sep HAR 1 95 Jim Morand
14-Sep BMLP 4 94.4 Dean Magee
19-Sep NFLD 15 91.4 Doug Guptill
12-Sep NFLD 3 90 J D Wengerd
3-Sep PCD 2 90 Tyler Buter
7-Sep BMLP 2 89.4 Pat Curtin
19-Sep YR 12 89 Jordan Stratton
12-Sep CHST 11 88 Anthony Morgan
8-Sep HAR 13 87.6 Montrell Teague
1-Sep CHST 1 87.6 Sean Bier
5-Sep SCD 1 87.2 Shawn Barker II
15-Sep MOH 1 86.6 M Saftic
6-Sep FLMD 8 85.7 P Mackenzie
12-Sep BTVA 4 85.5 Kevin Cummings
6-Sep SCD 9 85.2 Jim Pantaleano
4-Sep MAY 4 82.6 Kyle Wilfong
15-Sep NFLD 6 80.6 Tyler St Louis
15-Sep GRVR 6 80.6 B Mcclure
3-Sep SCD 4 80.4 Randy Tharps
12-Sep STGA 12 79 Dan Cappello Jr
18-Sep MAY 1 77.2 Dean Magee
20-Sep BMLP 12 77 Ridge Warren
20-Sep BMLP 8 75 Pat Curtin
18-Sep CHST 10 73.2 Victor Kirby
11-Sep NFLD 12 73.2 Wyatt Irvine
1-Sep MOH 4 70.9 S Filion
15-Sep HAR 1 69.8 Ben Stafford Jr
13-Sep SCD 11 69.2 Jason Brewer
20-Sep MOH 7 68.3 Ra Waples
13-Sep FLMD 7 66.2 Harris
5-Sep VD 3 66 Alek Chartrand
9-Sep SCD 8 66 Kayne Kauffman
21-Sep BMLP 8 65.8 Travis Seekman
20-Sep HOP 13 65.4 Sam Widger
13-Sep SCD 3 65 Roy Wilson
3-Sep CHST 12 64.4 Ron Pierce
13-Sep HOP 13 62.6 Tyler Smith
5-Sep CHST 11 62.2 Montrell Teague
12-Sep YR 11 61 George Brennan
11-Sep FRD 6 61 White
10-Sep MEA 7 60.8 Tony Hall
5-Sep BTVA 6 60.5 Michael Baumeister
13-Sep SCD 10 60.4 Jason Brewer
6-Sep PCD 6 59.8 Simon Allard
12-Sep MEA 3 59.2 Tony Hall
20-Sep HOP 5 58.6 Peter Wrenn
9-Sep NFLD 10 58.4 Tyler St Louis
9-Sep NFLD 4 57.8 Jason Merriman
12-Sep MAY 11 57.2 Casey Leonard
11-Sep RIDC 4 56.9 Beaudoin
18-Sep DEL 1 56.2 David Miller
5-Sep HOP 8 56 Lewayne Miller
11-Sep CHST 9 55.8 Corey Callahan
19-Sep MOH 2 55.7 S Byron
18-Sep HAR 14 55 Anthony Morgan
15-Sep GRVR 9 54.1 S Coulter
1-Sep VD 8 54 Jimmy Whittemore
4-Sep MR 9 53.5 Jim Taggart Jr
18-Sep FRD 4 53.5 Chappell
3-Sep PRC 6 53.2 Jason Beattie
14-Sep CHST 8 52.8 David Miller
13-Sep FLMD 10 52.7 Mackenzie
2-Sep MOH 8 51.7 D Mcnair
18-Sep STGA 9 51 Billy Dobson

[pandy]

Almost every time a horse wins at 19-1 or higher, I check the pps to see if there is any pattern that can help me spot these big longshot winners. A couple of things I've noticed, several longshot winners had shipped in from the Fair circuit (and went much faster) where the tracks are usually very slow...I've also noticed that several of these big bombs were either shipping in from another track, or shipped in two starts back....

There's often some sign of improvement in one of last two starts, although it can be subtle...

[wilderness]

Yesterday that $113 was Tony's dad? 72 yo?

FWIW, Tony's Dad is Eddie Morgan Jr., whom hails in Mich.
Tony's grandfather was a Eddie Morgan Sr.

[wilderness]

Tony Morgan 14,000 wins 2012 (http://xwebapp.ustrotting.com/absolutenm/templates/article.aspx?articleid=46922&zoneid=1)

Eddie Moragn Jr., 1995 (http://www.mi-harness.net/Mich/hist/edmorgan.html) DOB, approximately 1940, which makes him 74YO in 2014.

[wilderness]

In 1990 I visited Hawthorne, which held a winter meet (Jan-Feb) of double cards.

Walter "Butch" Paisley was still the king of Chicago, while you could get some box car payoffs on Tony Morgan. It didn't take people long to realize that Tony needed lower odds.
Paisley eventually injured his wrist and was never the same afterwards (lost his feel for the reins, I suppose).

[mrroyboy]

I have always been a fan of Anthony Morgan going back many years. He's getting up there but he still has it.

[Ray2000]

Don

Is Terry Morgan then unrelated to Anthony and Eddie? :confused:

(I'm coming up empty googling Terry Morgan, Harness)

Program info:

Morgan, Terry..,,..YOB....1943...USTA License 345595

Morgan, Anthony..YOB....1958...USTA License 4971K3

[wilderness]

Believe that's a different Morgan Family, Ray.

Tony's grandfather (Eddie Sr) raced mostly in the NorthEast, however occasionally had some Grand Circuit horses.
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Eddie Jr., made his bones after relocating to Ohio, and finally Mich (after some trouble in Ohio). Eddie Jr. stayed in Mich and Northern-Ohio with very low-quality stock, however made a living with same for decades.

[Hoofless_Wonder]

Buddy of mine used to own a couple of harness horses back when Tony and his brother Greg were at QCD and Fairmount in the winter back in the mid 1980s, and Tony and Greg trained and drove them. Awesome driver.

Was at the Peoria OTB one time, and watched Tony bring in a 50-1 shot parked the whole mile at the Springfield fair on some mule running for those inflated purses. Stayed a head in front of the chalk all the way around. One of the regulars went nuts cussing him for cheating..... :D

Some of my favorite Morgan horses were Kellytucknichol, Shady Buddy, Lectric Horse and Air Coryell.

[lamboguy]

Veteran harness driver Tony Morgan, driving at Philadelphia and Harrington, had 11 winners last week, and look at the payoffs: $113.20, $55.00, $32.00, $26.40, $21.00, $13.40,$4.80, $4.40, $4.00, $3.60, $3.40.congratulations, nice catch.

i like all the horses that Nick Zito is going to put out in Keeneland this upcoming meet. he has a good shot to be leading trainer there in October.