Appearance Fees

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Hoisttheflag

This scenario of appearance fees is so rare and the instances where it happened the owners were billionaires. I am sure they were saying good for Baffert, as long as the horse wins. This isn't golf, it is horse racing. Appearance fees are very rare in horse racing. A trainer isn't going to get an appearance fee unless the horse is a superstar. People don't come out to see horses unless they are Smarty Jones types, and those types earn the owners plenty. Most owners probably prefer to let the trainers take appearance fees than give out seasons.

Now you are saying they allow the trainers to get the appearance fee instead of giving them shares ( or a share ) in a stallion prospect? That would be an entirely different thing....right? In that case they, the owners that is, would be getting the appearance or at least in trade.

I agree, they are rare, but my guess is owners AT LEAST want to know if the trainer is getting an appearance fee ( once again, this is where Baffert got himself in trouble ) and my guess is they want some, if not all, of it.