Melbourne Cup weights

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Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

I've always wanted to know how that works and i mean everywhere.

I know the JRA will pay IF it's a horse they consider special.

Silent Witness got the royal treatment, they even paid for Highlilli (yea!!!!! greatest workout partner ever... except for the one time he actually beat the Witness by mistake . God I miss those two...) while Bullish luck got NO such treatment cause the JRA su.... I mean let's not get into that right now.

As far as i know, it really all depends on the country. We are far too generous in my opinion. If there were a few American horses that were coming over for Royal Ascot, we'd pay for their transport, and even stabling (i think)...... same with the horses from Oz. Dubai will pay for everyone's travelling fees as long as their horse(s) run more than once during the carnival. I'm not sure whether overseas horses that go for the world cup meet get their expenses paid or not though.

I don't even think that overseas horses get any travel paid if they go to America for the BC (i could be wrong about that).

It really frustrates me that the horses like Miss Andretti were allowed to travel for free and take our prize money (that we are seriously lacking) out of British racing, and was allowed to do so almost free of charge, but if our horses want to go to Oz, the owners have to pay for everything.