Stronach reneges on SA surface change..

[Scav]

Originally Posted by freddymo

GG 8k claimer go for 10k.Alert the media you have no reason to gamble in racing when it costs 3k a month (min) and you need to win 5 races a year and place 5 times to lose money. Your horse ran ten times finished first or second in all and you might have won a few thousand dollars..

It is like there everywhere though Freddy. Newsflash, this isn't an easy game to make money, hell, if you can run at a 20% loss you are feeling really good about things.

Here is another thing to think about, and it will help make your point, but I don't think people realize that before you even see that win purse, you are hit for 10% for the jock and you owe your trainer 10-12%. So when you win that maiden claimer at Philly for 20k, you really only see 9600, or 48% of the purse.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Scav

It is like there everywhere though Freddy. Newsflash, this isn't an easy game to make money, hell, if you can run at a 20% loss you are feeling really good about things.

Here is another thing to think about, and it will help make your point, but I don't think people realize that before you even see that win purse, you are hit for 10% for the jock and you owe your trainer 10-12%. So when you win that maiden claimer at Philly for 20k, you really only see 9600, or 48% of the purse.

The point is not how tough it is the point is the premium to race in Ca. The vig (30%) makes the equation unbearble for development of ownership