Mike Gill @ Philly

[Yorker]

19 claims the past 5 racing days, including 7 on Saturday (9/6).

Most with Tim Hooper. A few with Taglianetti.

[larman]

Mike Gill recently ran into big trouble at suffolk downs when he
violated the newly implaced rule that any owner who sold stock
to slaughter houses would be banned from suffolk.

[PaceAdvantage]

Source?

[JAMES GILL]

Dont belive every thing you think you know . you can be wrong i know

[JAMES GILL]

do you belive that i dont .

[JAMES GILL]

with 400 in barns ready to fly 19 is no big number

[lamboguy]

welcome on board jim. you must be mike's brother. congradualtions on on all your accomplishments in the racing game.

[JWBurnie]

WOW. That is absolutely amamzing.....400 horses = $500-800,000 a month in day rate + Vet bills (roughly).

If my math is right, he needs to earn an average of $34,000 a day, to break even.

[JWBurnie]

Dont belive every thing you think you know . you can be wrong i know

James,

I've always wondered how this story ended.
http://espn.go.com/horse/news/2003/0327/1530244.html

Is Leonard Patrick working for Mike, again?

[JAMES GILL]

No im Mikes Father .

[JAMES GILL]

Every one is talking abut Mi ke removeing the leg off the horse 1 it was his horse. and 2 The the vet took it off to she what happen 3 .the black -smith wanted it . the black smith eave put shoes on the legs for his show and tell . so there you have it . the horse tested ok so no big deal thats not the first horse that had a problem or the last,you all run a risk on the track one stumble and its over .

[lamboguy]

i met mike in rockingham with carlos. he is a good honest man. his first trip in this game was a roller coaster. he stepped back and figured out how to bring his level up a notch. no question he is good. the only problem i have with him is he hardly claimed any of our horses when he was in florida.

i am sure you are proud to be mike's dad. when i saw mike in rockingham he used to be with his brother. that had to be 6 years ago.

[Pace Cap'n]

WOW. That is absolutely amamzing.....400 horses = $500-800,000 a month in day rate + Vet bills (roughly).

If my math is right, he needs to earn an average of $34,000 a day, to break even.

A post in another thread stated he was advertising for trainers. He was paying $1,000 a week, plus 5% of the purses. At say, ten horses per trainer, his out-of-pocket would be around $160,000/mo.

[lamboguy]

his expenses are actually going to be higher because he pays the grooms and hotwalkers and feeds them.

by the summer he will be winning 10-15 races a day. he is going to have so many horses the racing secretary's are going to have to write races with him in mind. he has so many trainers at the diferent tracks that he will probably have more horses than all the other owner/trainers combined at the differnt venue's. no doubt he will control things up and down the east coast.

i just wonder if he is just going to be regional or if he is going to spread his operation nationally this time again. i am sure every venue will want him.

[JAMES GILL]

You then met my son Guy , And you mention Carlos Figerola hes a good trainer , been in the game a long time , he picks up the horses that are in pain and runs them . thats not easy to do .and bring in a win .but against cheap horses but still a win .

[JAMES GILL]

look at delware race track .you cant claim the horses that are protected .or you loose your stall . think on that a while .

[ralph_the_cat]

Every one is talking abut Mi ke removeing the leg off the horse 1 it was his horse. and 2 The the vet took it off to she what happen 3 .the black -smith wanted it . the black smith eave put shoes on the legs for his show and tell . so there you have it . the horse tested ok so no big deal thats not the first horse that had a problem or the last,you all run a risk on the track one stumble and its over .

was the leg ever tested?... bone test?...

[JWBurnie]

look at delware race track .you cant claim the horses that are protected .or you loose your stall . think on that a while .

What?

[JAMES GILL]

read up the information is there to find .