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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
Let's just say that that particular owner was far more concerned with winning races than he is with pretty much anything else.
I have no problem with owners asking questions. Educated people are far better decision makers than people who are informed via Joe Drape.
The entire tone of that recent NYT piece that all these poor owners are being duped into paying huge vet bills by trainers is hyperbole. The truth is that we arent paid by most people to train their horse, we are paid to win races hence the main method of selecting trainers is via win %. You wont find that in any reports or studies. But when a large majority of owners continue to use a single qualification to choose trainers (win %) they are more or less endorsing whatever methods tht trainer employs. I find it hard to believe that people are stunned when they get huge vet bills from leading trainers.
Personally I prefer to train for people who have a clue as to what is going on and care about their horses. I could have twice as many horses as I have now pretty easily but too many people dont pay and what can be worse for your horse than having a trainer cutting corners because they dont have enough money to do things right?
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Just to be clear I wasn't talking about the NYT article. I haven't even read the last one after the first two. They are full of crap for the most part.
For the record, if I did own horses, you are the kind of guy I would hire. The last guys I would hire would be people like Pletcher or Asmussen.
09-30-2012, 09:56 PM
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