A few of the best jockeys riding this class of horse---$13K CLAIMING  Purse: $37K



PP 1

Normandy Coast
Irad Ortiz, Jr., 121 lbs
Joe Sharp

Norwich
Ricardo Santana, Jr., 121 lbs
Michael J. Maker
4

PP 4
Dot's Dollar
Dylan Davis, 123 lbs
Joe Sharp


Fifty Cent Dollars
Luis Saez, 123 lbs
Steven M. Asmussen
7


Mr Skylight
Christopher Elliott, 123 lbs
Robert N. Falcone, Jr.
8


Sheriff Bianco
Manuel Franco, 123 lbs
Linda Rice

9
Hey Toby
Kendrick Carmouche, 123 lbs
Jeremiah C. Englehart

Why??

I've been working with VIP Stable for over 2 years and now I'm up to around 10 horses owning 5% on most.  1% isn't enough for me but 5% feels like I have skin in the game.  I've owned as much as 14% of a horse and that was a great ride when they were racing well.  You definitely can't expect to make money but it sure is nice when you do receive an ACH payment.  VIP has bottom claimer horses all the way up to top level invitational horses with some young sire stake horses.  I've certainly had fun and I currently own some high level horses that I overpaid and some I got cheap during their owner auctions where owners can sell their shares to the highest bidder.

Bills are as expected with the occasional shock vet bill but you pay 100% of the bills and only get 85% of the proceeds.  When you throw in shipping fees, it cuts another few points off.  Both the 2 years I bought in on have been busts so far but fingers crossed they turn it around.

Thank you so much for that honest appraisal of VIP Stables horse partnership. I have heard some negative comments on here over the years, but I never read such an insightful in-depth look at what they have to offer. I have a friend who's thinking about it for a long time now. He hasn't pulled the "trigger yet", but I showed him your post. Good luck and continued success with VIP.

What do you specifically do you think that has put and kept you in the black?

Good Luck Dougie? 

I think for me it's strictly "spot playing" that's allowed me to do well. After years of getting beaten to a pulp betting 10 races on a 10 race card, I limit myself to about 7-8 wagers per week. I know someone out there can probably hit 10 races on a 10 race card. But not me. Ever. LOL! My success rate has blossomed a lot by betting stakes races and high priced allowance races with the throughbreds. Cheap races always seem to be so inconsistent. In cheap harness races, it seems that they "take turns" winning. That screws the bettor and allows them to rarely run the same two races in a row. So I'm kind of sour betting that game. I read the throughbreds entries daily and follow up reading a lot of "expert" opinions from handicappers on various sites. I also make "trip notes" for every race I bet which enables me to streamline my handicapping. I love the meets at the Spa, Keeneland, and Colonial Downs. So i'm apt to wager a little more on races I like there. But the most important aspect of me is money management. To many players "chase" on a bad streak. That makes it worse. They keep betting hoping to "get even". Best to let that losing wager go, regroup, and load up on a race that shows value and a better return the next time. I having a pretty good year so far. I'll just keep on plugging away.

I've been working with VIP Stable for over 2 years and now I'm up to around 10 horses owning 5% on most.  1% isn't enough for me but 5% feels like I have skin in the game.  I've owned as much as 14% of a horse and that was a great ride when they were racing well.  You definitely can't expect to make money but it sure is nice when you do receive an ACH payment.  VIP has bottom claimer horses all the way up to top level invitational horses with some young sire stake horses.  I've certainly had fun and I currently own some high level horses that I overpaid and some I got cheap during their owner auctions where owners can sell their shares to the highest bidder.

Bills are as expected with the occasional shock vet bill but you pay 100% of the bills and only get 85% of the proceeds.  When you throw in shipping fees, it cuts another few points off.  Both the 2 years I bought in on have been busts so far but fingers crossed they turn it around.

Hope you have a winning year!

A superstar, with a big cash windfall happens too, occasionally, hope it happens for you too.

I'd be interested if the vet is a paid employee, and if not, why.  That caps their earnings.

If any of these syndicates are excellent, show a year after year +roi, there is a waiting list to get in.

This is a sidestep of gambling, depending how good or lucky makes your wealth and your experience.  This adds an element because you own something, can be sold, bred, straight up wagerers do not, they also don't get vet bills which is the bogey.

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Just like cheaters and horse abusers talk about the guy who exposed cheaters and horse abusers

   YOU ARE SUCH A DUMBASS I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU!