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Originally Posted by VigorsTheGrey
Funny...as if owning thoroughbreds was a more dignified way to lose thousands of $'s instead of "investing" in "expensive slips of paper"...
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In the eyes of society they are.
Having said that, many moneybags owners are totally cool with bettors. I remember seeing the Kecks (Ferdinand's owners) standing at the fence in the Santa Anita paddock gardens yakking it up with a couple of unkempt railbirds 30 years ago about who they liked in the last race.