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Originally Posted by Bigsmc
Once the bills come rolling in, it makes it difficult to feel "some level of obligation to the sport and to the fans that support you". The bad horses cost just as much as the good ones.
The sport and the fans that support you don't care when your horse can't break his maiden and has an endless string of vet bills.
It's a noble thought and you'd like to think owners would feel that way, but it just doesn't happen.
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Well, that's why I say that I don't know where that fine line would be. It would also surely have to be a different line for a guy that's been small time for years and comes up with a once in a lifetime horse as opposed to an operation like Darley or Coolmore. Let's face it. For many of the people that own these horses at this level, they aren't pinching pennies and the financial aspects of it aren't paramount in the decisions they make.
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