Emma Jane RULES!!!

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by Danzig

or maybe the trainers say no to an offer because one less horse means they get less money per day and may not have a horse coming soon to make up the loss.

Well with all due respect, if you put a horse's life on the line that is lucky to end a race without being vanned off so you can keep being a trainer, here's a clue, maybe time to do something else. Calling yourself a horseman or saying you have sportsmanship is, at that moment, incredibly foolish. I see no dignity for the animal there. Someone needs to explain to me what I'm missing. Not being hugely successful isn't the same thing as intentionally keeping a horse on borrowed time in training for the almighty dollar. I'm not knocking the hard working little guy here. I'm knocking the guy who's sold his humanity and puts an animal through a real hell just for the day rate.

Steve's mentioned some assistants that are just better or happier at that than being on their own. Not everyone has to be the boss. You can do what you love without being the top dog.