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Originally Posted by whisperlunch
I simply questioned why does a jockeys family who won 4500 races with 30,000 mounts and 60 million in purses won ,need money?
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Who's to say what financial condition the family is in? OK, so he won $60,000,000 in purses. What's he get? 10%? Maybe more in some cases? How much does he have to pay his agent?
Over how many years was he riding? A whole lot, right?
You start breaking it down like that...and maybe it's not as much money as you thought.
Plus people who have made way more than that haven't exactly been financial geniuses. Look at Mike Tyson. Not saying this family is broke, but just saying, you have no idea whether or not they actually NEED the money.
I would have erred on the side of keeping my mouth shut, especially given the circumstances.
It's his twitter account...he can block anyone he chooses...
