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here's an example. from central nj to yonkers its 74 miles one way. in that distance you have 60$ worth of roundtrip turnpike tolls, $80 in bridge tolls, and $40 or so in gas. then you have wear and tear on your rig and the pleasure of dealing with the most ignorant drivers in the u.s.. not to mention the 8 hours or so of time involved .for that is $250 a horse unreasonable?
I am curious what the difference is in shipping charges in different parts of the country. I am getting out of touch. It. Used to be fifty bucks round trip to go from balmoral to may wood, now it is more than that to go one way from balmoral to Hawthorne. For people out east, we are talking about roughly forty mile drive. Any input?
Spoke to Takters groom saturday and he got paid a whopping 75 bucks to take the winner of the 400k from Jersey to Ohio then proceed to Lexington and bed down 15 stalls!. I know it was Jimmy's rig,but that is still 15 hours of driving with the groom with no per-diem! I would bet the owners were billed at least 4x that!.
That price is hard to believe! $75.00 is the usual price for prepping 15 stalls alone! I'd have to question the accuracy of that report!