HORSES ON DEALS WHEN A MEET ENDS

[Locked in with pace]

How do these deals work when a meet ends and a trainer does not ship to other tracks? Does the trainer absorb all the bills till the next meeting starts? I would assume the owner and trainer must share incurred costs.

[Pool Guy]

That's a great question

[LUCPARK]

How do these deals work when a meet ends and a trainer does not ship to other tracks? Does the trainer absorb all the bills till the next meeting starts? I would assume the owner and trainer must share incurred costs.

no they either get turned ore they get sold depending on talent of the horses..i only race 2 and three yr olds but that usually the moto

[Pool Guy]

 

no they either get turned ore they get sold depending on talent of the horses..i only race 2 and three yr olds but that usually the moto

[Jazzman]

send them back to owner if you dont want to race

[Jack R. Braden]

In our experience, our partnership pays reduced training and boarding bills for 2-3 months until our pacers start training for the next season.

[Locked in with pace]

So, for the people who take most of the horses on deals and the tracks shut down for a few months, they must take a big hit financially.

[Stan durbread]

Most that take horses on deals are always broke and are not good trainers. They just scrambling to get horses in barn and hoping to get lucky. No competent trainers are going to train your horse for free

[Pacer 2]

Most that take horses on deals are always broke and are not good trainers. They just scrambling to get horses in barn and hoping to get lucky. No competent trainers are going to train your horse for free

     Deals are not free

[Grandstand Handicapper]

Some deals have shared costs, others don't. Ask actual trainers and owners who do deals, and you'll get their answer. There is no one size fits all deal. I know plenty of excellent trainers, and incompetent, gypsy trainers who have done deals. Several have have asked me for advice. Here's the obvious, but interesting part. The trainer and the owner each takes the deal.....because each thinks it's a good deal FOR THEM. Like many times in business, someone is going to be right, and someone is going to be wrong. LOL.

[Locked in with pace]

I think the owners do far better. Many of the "only deal owners are still around," and many of the trainers they used are long gone.

[Pool Guy]

I think the owners do far better. Many of the "only deal owners are still around," and many of the trainers they used are long gone.

Agreed 

[Lieutenant Sanchez]

When Cordero was training tbreds, he used to say that the owners would stop paying and just tell him to keep the horse.