Awful: 'Mattress Mack' fires Borell day after fairytale BC Sprint win

[Holybull1]

Originally Posted by Kasept

I called McIngvale's operation 'laughable connections that would never win' in January on twitter as well as on air and feel that the assertion has been borne out even with Runhappy's success. You can hear my comments on the latest imbroglio ham-handed Gallery Racing finds itself in from Tuesday's show at the start of Hour 2.

I wanted to make sure that it was clear that bloodstock agents Kerry Thomas and Pete Denk received appropriate credit for finding the horse and driving his purchase (despite the spin machine claiming otherwise) and that when I saw Runhappy up close before and after the King's Bishop, only Maria Borell was around him. Those are 2 of the facts I could speak to directly. I won't engage in the reporting of innuendo and smears as being practiced by the dysfunctional, shockingly bizarre horse owners.

Yes, I missed that before. Handled with class on the show. Great job as usual.

[Danzig]

Hmm, what do you know. Picked up the oct 31 bloodhorse to read on the road, and theres an article about mac, runhappy, etc...with mack saying he wsnts his horse to be the most popular in racing.
and the racing manager....she heads the furniture service dept....

[robfla]

Talk about bizarre. Here is Mac's statement from after RH's maiden win:

“The goal was to get him to run as a 2-year-old so he has a chance to win the GI Kentucky Derby,” McIngvale explained. “Because you have to run as a 2-year-old to have a chance to win the Kentucky Derby. So we got it in right there at the wire. And he gave us all some excitement and some humor yesterday. And we thought it was great.”


http://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com...hared-archive/

[letswastemoney]

I took this picture two weeks ago!


https://twitter.com/LadyAndTheTrack/...626638849?s=09

Maria answered every question I had and just seemed like a nice person overall. I hope I get a chance to meet her again one day.

And I agree that she is beautiful too.

[Benny]

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[Arletta]

Originally Posted by Benny

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She would have gotten a lot more $$ if this was posted the first day or so.. Now not so much. I think most are tired of hearing about it and have moved on.

[santana]

Originally Posted by Arletta

She would have gotten a lot more $$ if this was posted the first day or so.. Now not so much. I think most are tired of hearing about it and have moved on.

I hope she gets paid...and as much as i hope Run Happy stays well.....I wont root for Mac with any horse he owns....EVER!

[Danzig]

i just wonder how this will go, if they didn't pay her a trainers typical ten percent after any other race.
ought to be interesting.

[Alabama Stakes]

for my standard fee of 20%, i'll collect the bread that deadbeat owes

[OldDog]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i just wonder how this will go, if they didn't pay her a trainers typical ten percent after any other race.
ought to be interesting.

It all hinges on what can be substantiated on what their agreement was, doesn't it. In the absence of proof of their agreement, she would fall back on industry standards, what Gallery has paid past trainers, or some other means of making her case. I believe I read that she has requested a jury trial, which would be wise as long as Gallery's counsel doesn't have anything to fire back at her. Borell is named as defendant in other lawsuits, but perhaps they relate to or were caused by her not getting paid (I'm speculating). I would think Gallery would look to settle this before going to court and gets ugly, but that may be presumptuous.

[Benny]

Originally Posted by Arletta

She would have gotten a lot more $$ if this was posted the first day or so.. Now not so much. I think most are tired of hearing about it and have moved on.

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