Arlington jockeys sue Illinois owners, trainers

[phystech]

Originally Posted by Scav

It is against the Illinois horseman, not against shipping in a horse

When an owner becomes licensed to run in the state, that owner becomes a "horseman" in that state. "Horseman" refers to trainers and owners.

I'm not concerned about increase in jock fees, even if we'd have to pay a little more later on. But when I read the word "damages", well that piqued my interest....

[jwkniska]

says damages seeked are 3X the difference..... so... if they up the jock charges go up say $10 and your horse has run once this year, the damages seeked against you would only be $30 (plus the $10 extra since they want it backdated to the beginning of the meet).

As long as you run a horse there, you'd be included in this.

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

frickin pinheads.they never had it so good at arlington..full fields lots of mounts to go around...amazing...........

[Scav]

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

frickin pinheads.they never had it so good at arlington..full fields lots of mounts to go around...amazing...........

Exactly, and they will be getting a purse increase soon, probably around Million time when the focus is on them. Haber is gonna tell them to hook it up with some good PR

[dellinger63]

talked with an owner yesterday who agreed to $40 more for non-check rides in the future and has settled with Earlie and the Guild excusing himself from the suit. This apparantly was close to being settled and Frank Kirby has a lot to do with courts becoming involved. The jocks will end up getting a substantial raise. IMO