IEAH buys 50% of I Want Revenge
 

Still not finalized..

Switch trainers or stay with Mullins?

God...

I am stunned, yet not surprised at all.

(My statement makes no sense, yet is perfectly logical.)

This is how I feel about it.

(I'm in Kangaroo suit)

They said on espn coverage that it will stay with mullins...for now..

He is a non issue.

a lot more interesting things going on in racing;

Somewhere a slightly troubled trip by "The Vin Man" hasn't been pontified.

Somewhere a PUNK jockey riding the best horse, was out-finished by a female jockey aboard a worse gelding, while aforementioned punk jockey was riding like a bitch.



Let's just wait until the Wood. ;)

well, it was either them or Darley/Godolphin.... :rolleyes:

I'm absolutely unloading on IWR now.

since the horses are the ones doing the actual work, i can't help but wonder exactly what the sex of the jockey has to do with anything.

...

What a dumb sport. It would be like if yesterday the SEC bought Western Kentucky, the Big Ten bought Cleveland State, the Pac 10 bought Gonzaga, and the Big East bought Siena.

And the Big East just put St John's up for claim----we couldn't even run in the A-10...Got beat by 6 lengths against Richmond :mad:

When Patena tanked, it was time for Plan B.

anyone have a link to this?

http://www.drf.com/news/article/102406.html

also saw a story on bloodhorse about it..

from what i read, the owner wants to retain control, as well as keep the horse with mullins.

Sounds like this is hardly a done deal

"Lanzman said he was looking to sell 50 percent of the colt, giving him a chance to make a profit, while still retaining his dream of running a leading contender in the Kentucky Derby.
"He's worth so much money now, it would be foolish not to take something off the table," said Lanzman, who owns a mortgage business in Los Angeles."



Being left handed I realize that I think differently than many but....
Other than it being IEAH that is the interested buyer...what is the big deal...why the rolling of the eyes...
The current owner wants to lock in a profit... is that such a bad thing??

The bad thing is he's in the mortgage business in Los Angeles. I think IEAH is a perfect union for the guy.

Unrelated. They were in discussion with Lanzman before the Louisiana Derby.

I don't care if he makes a $5 profit or a $50 mil profit, that's not the point. I just get annoyed that every time a horse shows he might have talent (might being the operative word), from a sharp maiden performance to a nice prep score, IEAH or Godolphin has to buy them. At the rate they're going, they might as well offer the two groups a co-sponsorship deal for the Derby and give them each 10 slots to run horses in.

Maybe DT needs a thread on all the big time Owners that should be banned from the game....

I guess it would have to include..
Jackson
IEAH
Godolfin
Ramsey
Pompa
...
...

I don't think they should be banned. I'd prefer a monthly waterboarding live on ESPN.

Correction: On Bravo.

perhaps some relatively new society mag could do expose's on the evils of big time owners

i think it's like the yankees and their big budget. most teams have to work to get to the top, but some just want to buy their way there. there's nothing inherently wrong about it, but it's less than enjoyable for many.

so it's ok to sell but it's not ok to buy.....

no one is saying don't sell, don't buy. but ieah is not viewed in a great light, so i'm not surprised anyone would be unhappy that they're purchasing another prospect.

If it doesn't work out for them, they can always ask the Government for bail out money, can't they???

Oh I'm sure, I was being facetious. Today is the era of buying your way into the Derby.

kinda like the purchase of War Emblem a few years back...

Some similarities. I don't think people really felt like this was the Prince and Baffert who brought the colt along to that point and definitely grumbled that they bought themselves a prospect/winner but the thing is, War Emblem was not the hottest prospect on 4 hooves at the time. He was still a 21-1 longshot. They bought themselves a Derby horse but not anything that was going to be 9-1 or better.

Why would you ban anyone who employees people and promotes racing.. Seriously I would love to sell 50% of my Gotham winner for 2 mil..to any fn body..lol

Except Drugs

you missed my whole point....what's the big deal if IEAH or anyone else wants to buy an interest in a horse when the current owner clearly wants to sell a part of him

I think I meant to reply to another post sorry

Like when that guy was trying to sell his 2% stake in Bwana Bull on Ebay by breaking it up into .05% shares for like 2K a pop right before the Derby - lolerz, that was rich

We've come a long way :rolleyes:

Oh wow I missed that.

another nice horse, that i'll now have to swallow hard and hold my nose to root for.:wf