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Originally Posted by jpops757
The more I here some of your ideas the more I respect you.Like your idea of selling a young horse to make a nice profit in stead of tking the gamble of winning or even running the Derby. Im sure that you realy like the game but you approach it as turning a profit as a measuring stick for success. While Im sure you would like a derby winner. You dont appear to feel the need to do this to be a success. I might be talking out of place and reading someting into your reply. Your search for a trainer would it be a trainer such as Cody Autry or would you seek someone higher profile and more experienced?
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I am far from wealthy and as such I treat this as a business. I would love to train a Derby horse and winning it is every American trainers dream but I am realistic in what the toll of the Triple Crown takes on a horse and am not in a position to turn down big money for a horse that is one step away from disaster. I owned 1/2 of a filly that I had alot of money tied up in who looked to be rounding into form where she may be a minor stakes winner and maybe get some black type. She was out of a South American grade 1 winner and was 1/2 sister to a stakes winner. One day last June she died in her stall from an ruptured blood vessel in her sinus cavity. Was there anyway to prevent this from happening? No. Did I feel like I should have sold her or at least a piece of her when I had the chance?You bet I did. It is hard enough to have one of your hoses die but even harder when it costs you close to six figures.
I would consider Cody. He does a good job. He may lack exerience with those types of horses but I think that there is only one way to get experience. I dont think that higher profile trainers are better than alot of under the radar guys, just more exposed.
03-28-2007, 04:44 PM
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