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Originally Posted by Dave Schwartz
I must disagree with your assessment.
Owners like to be at the track when their horses race - and especially when they win.
True, that owners of expensive horses have the luxury of making those decisions. After all, if you own a $100,000 horse you probably can fly to wherever your horse races.
But life is different for owners of lower grade horses (which make up the majority of races).
Lower grade Claiming owners stable near where they live and simply pay the local charges. Or, they stop owning horses.
Having never owned a race horse, I could certainly be wrong. Would you own a $6k claimer and stable it (say) 1,500 miles away because the day rate was less?
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Good point about horses on the cheap end. My brain tends to think about stakes prospects working their way through the ALW and stakes ranks.
How far away the alternative options are probably matters also. If several tracks are within X miles, there might be options for where to stable that also give you the option to ship for certain opportunities and drive to watch the race.
