Congrats to Jared S

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Originally Posted by disappearingdan_akaplaya

thanks for the background on your fellow owner wayne. yes some trainers do work very hard, lol some hardly ever even show to the barn and its the help that basically trains the horses in some stables..if only some of these owners knew what they were paying a day rate on! as far as dan goes im not really sure wayne. we wanted 2 go on the grass the last week of indiana in a nw4l race but hes been comin up a little sore lately mainly due to training on the arlington dirt which isnt very kind on the animals, they are above average this year here as far as breakdowns go unfortunately=( hes been gettin some time off and missing training alotta mornings and if the horse isnt right i dont wanna run him so as of now the best answer i can give is his next race is up in the air. he just walked again today so i dont think were gonna be ready to run at indiana in another 10 days or so

Thanks for the info John.
DD is six, right?
One of my partners, Dee, retired Darbay's Valentine after finally getting a win with him at FL. so, he's coming to the farm where he was born.
It cost Dee a small fortune for that picture in the winner's circle.
He told me that he lost a lot, but wouldn't give up on him. There was an operation for chips...and the bills keep coming!
Man! So many don't even know what a tough game this is!
At least we'll retrain Darbay's Valentine as a hunter. He's a nice one.
And, Makeitright is his full brother....still training on Long Island.
Good luck, John.
DTS