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Old 06-21-2007, 11:52 AM
pgardn
 
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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
The truth is that when racing 2 year olds, financially it is more important to cull your horses that cant run instead of actually earning any money by racing them. Something like 11% of the purse money is for 2 year olds. It just makes the process too long and costly to be holding onto horses for 3 years before they have any chance to earn. The training expense will kill you.
THis make perfect sense. This explains a whole lot that I did not consider about the business end. Sorry for all the probing (stabbing). Those maiden Sp Wt. purses are fairly hefty. But then options start closing down for the majority.
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