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cloud_break 05-19-2007 12:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
Tell her to get her law degree because with the way things are going in the bloodstock business there will be plenty of opportunity for her. Oh by the way studying pedigrees is what the poor bloodstock agents do. The rich ones study people.

It is quite possible that truer words have never been written on the subject. I always get a kick out of the minutia some bloodstock people will bring up.

cloud_break 05-19-2007 12:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Merlinsky
A horse crazy friend of mine has been accepted into law school but is having pangs. She wants to be involved with Thoroughbred racing, breeding,etc., has been obsessively following it for years now and studying pedigrees. She's really torn about whether waiting three years to get into the industry while suffering through the rigors of law school will be worth it. How useful is a law degree in the sport and what would you say are the most interesting opportunities for someone with a law degree (legal and non-legal)?
FWIW, I have a law degree, and much prefer the horse business. You can look at all the equine practice groups you want, fact is, you're still putting in 60 hrs a week at the office, not the track or farm.

ALostTexan 05-19-2007 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead
first asu racetrack program then fsu for sports mgment.. thats what my kid wants...so he can..represent jockeys...lol
No, not ASU, but THE University of Arizona...

ALostTexan

Merlinsky 05-19-2007 01:02 AM
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Originally Posted by cloud_break
FWIW, I have a law degree, and much prefer the horse business. You can look at all the equine practice groups you want, fact is, you're still putting in 60 hrs a week at the office, not the track or farm.
See I keep hearing that oh a law degree can be really useful and that you don't have to be a lawyer but if you aren't, what can you be?

satan's twin 05-19-2007 01:34 AM
I parlayed my law degree into a wide circle of degenerate friends at Arlington Park who are quite anxious to give bad racing tips in exchange for very mediocre legal advice. Three years of my misspent youth wasted on a degree that could have been better served pursuing a more honorable and nobler profession, like handicapping.

jman5581 05-19-2007 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by cloud_break
FWIW, I have a law degree, and much prefer the horse business. You can look at all the equine practice groups you want, fact is, you're still putting in 60 hrs a week at the office, not the track or farm.


I think anyone considering law school should know that this is what most lawyers do. Because they sure don't make that big a deal of it while you're in law school. Although it's not really new news....most lawyers make good money for a reason. It takes smarts and determination. Law school takes determination...just to make a C. :o

todko 05-19-2007 10:49 AM
Gotta be a booming business defending trainers with "false positives" on drug tests. Think of the billing hours on that one . . .

On a more optimistic note . . . it's a huge industry . . . and any huge industry has need for counsel. Opportunities for counsel in buying horses, racetrack liability, insurance . . . you name it. Other barristers may send you work when their wealthy clients wish to embark on a ownership adventure.

Cannon Shell 05-19-2007 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead
first asu racetrack program then fsu for sports mgment.. thats what my kid wants...so he can..represent jockeys...lol
he should just go hang out with the panhandlers at the bus station and he will learn all he needs....might even make a buck or 2

Cannon Shell 05-19-2007 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by ALostTexan
No, not ASU, but THE University of Arizona...

ALostTexan
ASU the school that brought you...........Barry Bonds!!


















and other assorted losers


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