Appearance Fees

Originally Posted by eurobounce

It is like the horse/trainer/owner is a whore. They are saying, "hey give us money and we will show up." So Monmouth offers $50k, someone else offers more--so you go to the highest bidder--that is like a whore. I dont think that many people showed up to Monmouth to see Funny Cide that normally wouldnt have been there. I think it is a bad practice.

Basically you begrudge hard working guys a chance to make a buck. Nonsense is what that is. Its called capitalism.