The Michael Gill/Penn National Riders Saga

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

You cant be serious since you know what it costs to have horses. I mean do the math. He said he had over 450 horses last year. If he spent an average of 10k on each that is over 4 million right there. You really think you can run that many horses for less than $50 a day with vet included?If his prerace including Lasix was $50 per starter which is very light, would be over 110k for that alone. It isnt really close as I have drastically understated his expenses for the most part. The $6 million he earned is a gross number as well. Even if the trainers work for less than 10%, you still have the jocks earnings to pull from there.

I pay 15 for lasix.. Michael gill is not cutting a chx for 40k a week to race 5 claimers. I do not think he wakes up in the moring and says"Hi, my name is Michael Gill, and love Penn National and because I love Penn Nat I will deposit 6k into an account and look forward to doing the same tomorrow" Come on Chuck 2 mil a year is ridiculous .. Gill is not a complete fn moron.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by freddymo

I pay 15 for lasix.. Michael gill is not cutting a chx for 40k a week to race 5 claimers. I do not think he wakes up in the moring and says"Hi, my name is Michael Gill, and love Penn National and because I love Penn Nat I will deposit 6k into an account and look forward to doing the same tomorrow" Come on Chuck 2 mil a year is ridiculous .. Gill is not a complete fn moron.

I am always amused/amazed when you doubt what I know to be true with a "he cant be that dumb" theory. Gill figured out early that in order to be a bigshot in the game that he had to do something that noone else WANTED to do. He knew he had no shot to compete with the big money for good horses and he in a sick way got what he wanted which is attention. Face it, if Gill spend 5 or 6 million dollars a year trying to buy good horses he would hardly be as well known as he is without a tremendous amount of luck. He is doing what Englander did before him. Winning lots of races is not that hard if you are willing to lose money.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

I am always amused/amazed when you doubt what I know to be true with a "he cant be that dumb" theory. Gill figured out early that in order to be a bigshot in the game that he had to do something that noone else WANTED to do. He knew he had no shot to compete with the big money for good horses and he in a sick way got what he wanted which is attention. Face it, if Gill spend 5 or 6 million dollars a year trying to buy good horses he would hardly be as well known as he is without a tremendous amount of luck. He is doing what Englander did before him. Winning lots of races is not that hard if you are willing to lose money.

Is Englander still a jockeys agent?

It's way more about being addicted to the game and wanting action than anything else.