Ron Gurfein's answer to question about drivers leaving in todays HRU:
https://harnessracingupdate.com/2019...and-some-dont/
Made me check out who has the best 'hands'...
Surprised to see Aaron ranked 12
Drivers who can best get their horses to leave from outside posts(>5).
Horse is 1st or 2nd at quarter pole.
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Starts . . . . Leave % . . . .Driver
642 . . . . . .47% . . . . . .Palone, Dave
281 . . . . . .44% . . . . . .Macdonald, John
578 . . . . . .40% . . . . . .Napolitano, Geo. Jr
346 . . . . . .39% . . . . . .Hennessey, Wally
403 . . . . . .38% . . . . . .Gingras, Yannick
562 . . . . . .36% . . . . . .Mcnair, Douglas
777 . . . . . .34% . . . . . .Roy, Louis Philippe
690 . . . . . .34% . . . . . .Pantaleano, Jim
533 . . . . . .32% . . . . . .Jamieson, Jody C
495 . . . . . .31% . . . . . .Miller, Andy
635 . . . . . .30% . . . . . .Henry, Trevor S
1462 . . . . ..28% . . . . . .Merriman, Aaron
571 . . . . . .28% . . . . . .Rawlings, Dan
612 . . . . . .28% . . . . . .Hall, Tony
583 . . . . . .27% . . . . . .Napolitano, Anthony
432 . . . . . .27% . . . . . .Noble, Dan
533 . . . . . .27% . . . . . .Allard, Simon
673 . . . . . .26% . . . . . .Wilder, Mike
608 . . . . . .26% . . . . . .Bartlett, Jason
592 . . . . . .26% . . . . . .Drury, Jonathan L
435 . . . . . .24% . . . . . .Morgan, Anthony
529 . . . . . .24% . . . . . .De Long, John
653 . . . . . .24% . . . . . .Callahan, Corey
624 . . . . . .24% . . . . . .Widger, Sam
561 . . . . . .23% . . . . . .Foster, Russell
631 . . . . . .23% . . . . . .Filion, Sylvain R
602 . . . . . .23% . . . . . .Tetrick, Tim
617 . . . . . .22% . . . . . .Brown, Brady
628 . . . . . .21% . . . . . .Macdonald, James A
528 . . . . . .21% . . . . . .Carlson, Eric
479 . . . . . .21% . . . . . .Davis, Allan
631 . . . . . .21% . . . . . .Tetrick, Trace
587 . . . . . .20% . . . . . .Miller, Marcus
759 . . . . . .19% . . . . . .Mcclure, Bob
930 . . . . . .19% . . . . . .Wrenn, Ronnie Jr
834 . . . . . .16% . . . . . .Devaux, Jim
645 . . . . . .16% . . . . . .Siegelman, Austin
675 . . . . . .16% . . . . . .Page, Chris
795 . . . . . .14% . . . . . .Aldrich, Bruce Jr