The Michael Gill/Penn National Riders Saga

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

You cannot make money running this kind of operation because there is no windfall, little residual value and far too many basic expenses.

What about Robert Cole? There is no way he's not making a nice profit at Charles Town.

2005 - 32-for-86 (37.2% wins)

2006 - 66-for-131 (50.4% wins)

2007 - 81-for-193 (42.0% wins)

2008 - 125-for-242 (51.7% wins)

2009 - 73-for-160 (45.6% wins)

2005 through 2009 : 377-for-812 (46.42% wins - $2.19 ROI - $5.4 million in purses)

He's averaging $6,650 in purses per start with cheap horses... and even though they're all getting bet like there's no tomorrow - the horses still show a huge profit against extremely deflated odds.

It's not like he's struggling at Penn National either ... but yeah, he's only winning at 32% at Penn Nat over the same time frame.

I guess it pays to have Steph Beattie juice. And they almost never break down either!! ... not until right after someone claims them anyway.