11/18 (CD): Aldebutante hurt exiting race

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by phystech

If she isn't broodmare material, then let's minimize the losses and move on.

I'd rather take the remaining money from Rampy's claim and purse money and use it to claim a horse for Chuck at Philly Park. And I'd prefer to turn the deal into a dayrate partnership.

How much do we have remaining from purse and claim money? $18k, $19k? $8k gets a decent open claimer that runs for a $27k purse at Philly......

Rampillion's modest earnings were fortuitous as they luckily paid for Aldebutante's surgery and aftercare. Distribution of Rampillion's earnings to Chuck and Linda; 50% of the claim money to Chuck to defray his losses; transport of the pair to and from venues (Kentucky Downs, Linda Albert, etc.); turnouts, and the rest of the expenses we handle from the Stable side leaves us with enough to cover taking care of Aldeb until we can sell her... if we can sell her.

We will try to arrange for a good sire to get her in foal and she will be put in a sale next fall. That's the optimal scenario. In that arrangement, we might get something back for her.

While the yearling purchases weren't overtly successful at first glance, we did get the pair to the races. That in itself was an accomplishment. We had the experience of taking horses from sale to breaking to racing to career end via injury and losing one to a claim. It was probably an overly ambitious attempt, given our meager bankroll, so we can only thank Chuck and Linda for their generosity and each other for making it possible.