Hi Adrian here, Barry keeps asking me to post on here,
First of all Barry asked me how much a racehorse would cost, I said with the contacts I have I could sort him out a very good deal.
It is very difficult to make money out of horses, I know most trainers, jockeys, breeders etc there is only a handful that are successful
my experience of racing is one of falling in love with the sport, getting ripped off by many people in it, and costing me a lot of money.
Mistakes? hey but if you have some intelegance you should learn by them.
The package which Richard Guest/Future Racing was offering does not make them or me money, training fees are more than that but if you have a lot of unsold or company owned horses any income is better than none, also getting new people involved in a stables is good for the stables and for racing.
Kames Park is currently trained for free, but I give them the prize money for its upkeep, won £2000 tonight, £5000 last week offered Barry that on the same £11k deal, could win its next 3, could never win again that's racing. I have learnt that I can still have fun and enjoy racing without it costing me £200K a year, if that makes me a want to be racehorse owner who does not have horses run in his own colours. I honestly am not bothered.
As for Richard Guest, yes he has a bad reputation but when I set him on at Pinewood Racing after hearing his story I believed he deserved another chance and gave him it, I also have horses with other trainers some of whom I have more success with.
This was just a one off deal offered to Barry, if anyone would like to visit the stables etc then Barry can arrange that, I am mot interested I get enough hassle at poker matches about the way I play without getting abuse about people betting on three legged racehorses.
Adrian
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