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Old 05-10-2022, 10:06 AM   #628
v j stauffer
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Originally Posted by geroge.burns99 View Post
Trainers don't need purse money to stay afloat....they get a flat fee from the owners
If they do win a race , they get a bonus tip out of the owners share...WTF!!

This is why I can get out any faster ...its a losing situation!!
Day money at the very best allows a trainer to break even.

There are three ways a trainer can make serious money and become comfortable financially.

1) Commissions and appreciation dollars from buying and selling horses.

2) Successfully gambling on their own horses.

3) Purse money. 10% which unlike jocks in most cases is 10% all the way across the board.

It is EXTREMELY hard to stay afloat as a trainer. EXTREMELY!

The people getting rich at the races are vendors.

Vets, farriers, feed men, tack stores, jocks agents.

IMO it's safe to say that being a horseman, perhaps more so than any vocation I've ever seen, is TRULY a labor of love!
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