In my opinion the jockeys should make 10 percent, what they pay the valet should be totally up to them. If a jock makes a million a year, pays his agent 25pct, pays his Valet 5pct, and pays the Goverment what his tax bracket says hes supposed to pay it adds up quick.
If the pinheads are overpaid, so are the valets and agents. In some cases the valets are making more than trainers, that is ridiculous
Here is a question for the owners..........How many of us buy our jock a win ticket, the groom a win ticket, the barn a win ticket, the girl who gets on the horse in the morning a win ticket? If someone said on top of a 3k bill and 10 percent of anything you win owners need to stake the help would owners complain? Thats essentially what the jocks deal with, and while I dont like jocks I can certainly understand them thinking its excessive.
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