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Originally Posted by The Bid
Im just trying to put into perspective what it usually costs if you arent part of a group like this. To be honest Ive been shocked by some of the messages Ive seen here, even more shocking to me is how gracious Chuck has been. If I were footing the bill monthly and someone said...hey lets fly in Willie Martinez, I would tell them to go eat a shoe. If you fly a guy in its a Gomez, or Prado, someone like that. Only Buff Bradley flys Martinez around the world and I bet on more than one occasion he wishes the plane would have gotten stuck somewhere. Im not saying the guy is horrible, Im just saying if you are going to roll out 2k to fly in a jockey its not Chilly Willie Martinez
The other thing Im saying is hypothetically you Fly Willie in, thats an expense, whos going to foot the expense? You van Sumone up, which is 2k, whos going to foot the expense, you take a team up there with sumone, whos going to foot the expense. You dont just show up through a telewarp, there is real money involved when you send a horse 12 hrs from home
I wish you guys the best with the filly, Im glad everyone is having a goodtime and enjoying ownership. Im just surprised by some of the questions, and assumptions Ive seen. I have no interest in the filly, but the question about a billing statement, or earnings statement lead me to believe someone may be in the dark about how much it really costs to have a racehorse
One last thing, when you buy a horse at the price this filly was purchased at 999 times out of 1000 you dont end up with a horse of this quality. A lot of guys spend 30 times what you spent and dont even get a race out of their horse, needless to say they have no residual either. The managment has put you in a spot with this horse where its nearly impossible to lose money unless you start flying jockeys around, and finding spots 12hrs from home.
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The only reason we're talking about shipping to Monmouth is because Steve and Chuck mentioned that as a possibility.
Chuck seems to have been happy with the way Willie Martinez is riding Sumwon. So, of course, we are going to ask if he will be riding her if she does ship out of town.
Most of us in the partnership had no idea about the harsh realities of ownership. We're getting educated. Chuck and Steve
have been gracious. For that, we are thankful.
There is no book on horse ownership etiquette (that I know of). If one of the partners is getting out of line, we have some people with more experience who can clue us in. For that, we are also thankful.
I know it would be easier for Chuck and Steve if we would all just "shut up and sit down." But that is not the nature of this partnership (thankful for that too). If we are truly annoying Chuck and Steve, they'll either let us know, or make changes in any future partnership agreement when this one dissolves at the end of the year.
So far, it's been a wonderful ride.