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Old 01-26-2010, 09:41 PM
freddymo freddymo is offline
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Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis
You can't argue the general to the specific and vice versa. I have no idea what this guy does, but would imagine his expenses are not near 50.00 a day per horse unless he is stabling every horse at the track (which he is not) and further have no idea what he pays his program trainers to run them. Slot money is gargantuan with respect to traditional models...Obviously he'd be losing his shirt running 5k races for 7500 like here in Tampa, but 4x + purses are crazy and certainly pays for the balance of the ones that don't pan out or, unfortunately, drop dead.
Gill is NOT losing money he may not be earning and he might be reporting several hundred k in loses BUT he is earning.. This is not an ego trip as for 4k a nite his ego can be rubbed and tugged to golry
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