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Old 09-10-2009, 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by gales0678
my opinion on this is that the west point horses are put in positions that the trainers do not want to run in (they are aggressivly placed). trainers work for the owners , the owners of west point though many do not have a vote on where the horses are run , that decision is left to the general partner Mr Finley and maybe some close advisors. while terry has been good in bringing new people to the game some of the placement of his horses can be questioned ....some of these horses are placed in on big days when the big crowds will be at the track and the marketing machine can be out in full force to recurit new owners who may be at the track that day , what other marketing tool is as great as having a live horse on a big stakes day to show to poetential clients ....i can't think of any

a key west point employee has left and gone to another stable as well in the last few months (soverign stable)

i'm sure steve could get terry on the show to answer any questions everythng else is pure speculation
I think you're very on point here.
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