Going Public - By Dan Liebman

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newby — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:26:29 GMT

Does the dollar amount in parenthesis after RNA represent the reserve amount set before auction?

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whoapony — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:17:15 GMT

Wow. I wish it was reasonable to get $80 a day training riding/pleasure horses. And the number of people looking for trainers in my market has dropped considerably in this economy. I can't imagine how thoroughbred owners can do it. No wonder people are leaving racing. The number of people with that kind of money is dropping.

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fb0252 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:00:48 GMT

hint: it does (not) cost $36,000/year to train a horse. And, if it does, is it time for owners of more than one horse to simply hire their own private trainer. What kind of care would e.g. $72,000 per year get you for a two horse stable? someone wrote that we do not have two owners in the state of Texas. until the "system" is changed, that is going to continue.

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LuisAstacio — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:56:22 GMT

I wonder how owners of the 5-10 thousands dollar claimers can stay in business with such vet bills and 80 dollars daily fee.You must have deep pockets.

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da3hoss — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:42:05 GMT

$36 G for what level horse? Cheap for RA, not so cheap for maiden claimer 3 & up,;-)

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Bellwether — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:53:06 GMT

GOTTA DO SOMETHING ABOUT VET BILLS...THEY REALLY R ABSURD & RUNNING A LOT OF REG. FOLKS OUTTA THE GAME...

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No more Bute — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:28:30 GMT

Training in Southern California will be be around $36.000.00 per year and vet bills can equal this with some trainers. Hardly surprising there are short fields and owners racing in other states.