Appearance Fees

Originally Posted by boldruler

The owner of Point Given was like a friend to Baffert. $50K to Prince Ahmed was pocket change. Baffert paid him back with a KD winnning purchase in War Emblem. Too bad the guy died in his early 40's.

Thats the bottom line. To the Prince it was a pittance. He alreayd had a 50 million dollar breeding deal on him as well. Baffert took the 50 why? Because it was offered. Shoot, thats where the damn horse was gonna run anyway, they didn't need to give him the 50 to get him to come. I'm sure NOONE here would take 50 grand that was offered to them to run a horse where you were gonna run him in the first place, right? LOL!!

[Gander]

I would take it too, but I dont think any trainer ever deserves the fee, only the owner. Its kind of like taking candy from a baby's mouth, then again I would take candy from a baby's mouth if it were jujy fruits or gummy bears.