$2 Million Mistake

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by goingtothewhip

B Wayne is the founder/owner of Public Storage and the source of his wealth if i'm not mistaken.

Ron Ellis is the one of the most admirable horseman on the SoCal circuit imo and if they had a falling out I would imagine it must have been due to him being extremely conservative and protective of his horses. Not always great for business I would imagine.

Yes, you are correct. Hughes was frustrated that Ellis was too conservative, especially with 2 year olds. The horses would rarely run as 2 year olds because Ron will always back off if a horse has a problem.

Hughes was starting to give more and more of the horses to other trainers. Ron finally got fed up and quit. The final straw was when Ron found out that Hughes gave Baffert a horse that he had promised to Ron. Ron had picked out the horse and Hughes had promised him that he would be the trainer. When Ron found out that the horse was going to Baffert, he quit. I don't think that Hughes intentionally lied to him. I think he had forgotten that he had promised the horse to Ron.