Better Driver Corey Callahan or Tim Tetrick

[my_nameaintearl]

starts wins Place Show earnings
2009

Tim A Tetrick 3103 629 467 394 16,269,579
Corey Callahan 3094 426 435 394 6,899,815

2010

Corey Callahan 375 84 57 56
Tim A Tetrick 395 56 59 48

With these guys doing battle at chester for a good part of eh racing year i at times flop opinions on who is a better driver currently.


Opinions?

[willphorse]

My opinion, regardless of stats.

Trotters= Callahan
Pacers = Tetrick

Tetrick breaks a good deal of his trotters, as he asks them for too much with the whip in my opinion. Overall they are both good, and hard to tell who is better.

[DeanT]

I like Cory. Smart kid.

He only has 9000 lifetime drives and Tim has 29,000, so if we give him some time we can compare a little easier (imo)

[LottaKash]

I would have to say that Tim Tetrick has that something extra compared to the average driver....He can rate a horse as good as anyone, and horses seem to respond to his touch, and most are willing to give their all, when he asks them for it......Still, he is often too aggressive in certain situations....I think this may be due to the "over-hype" by the trainer or a training-up for upcoming good form...or, wringing the sponge dry when knowing that the form is regressing...

Corey Callahan, has been one of my pet-drivers these past few years, but it seems lately the crowd and the backstretch guys are beginning to realize the truth of this guy's true abilities....He can rate a horse very well, and for me that is the most important thing a drive can do, as I don't think you can be a champion driver in the long haul without that special-skill...CC is still improving with each drive, and I think a very reliable driver in that sense...

I suppose if CC got the more alive drives that TT gets, it might be different, but TT, would still be "my" go to guy, on a live horse, if forced to pick a driver....

[Trotman]

I remember standing in the paddock a few years back and
George Teague is more than pissed at CC. Cory got hooked up in a front end barn burner with Tetrick and ended up
just making the final spot for the final the following week.
Tetrick already had a horse for the final from an earlier drive. After this I noticed CC was a much better driver
rating a horse and will only get better IMO. I like betting
him on a live drive.

[my_nameaintearl]

Originally Posted by Trotman

I remember standing in the paddock a few years back and
George Teague is more than pissed at CC. Cory got hooked up in a front end barn burner with Tetrick and ended up
just making the final spot for the final the following week.
Tetrick already had a horse for the final from an earlier drive. After this I noticed CC was a much better driver
rating a horse and will only get better IMO. I like betting
him on a live drive.

was CC on George Teagues horse?

[Trotman]

You got it.