one reason i dont miss be the owner

a trainer friend of mine tell me he have the horse he really like yesterday. he has give me some nice tip be fore and i go put 250 eachway on hes horse i get a nice price. so i take the bet in the morning and by race time i see these horse is much shorter than the price i get so i now the money is on. alistar say the stable very confident and i am begin to count my chickens! so the horse run the bad race i no now if their is a problem. for me is small money i am a bit disapoint but then i re member what it is like when i am the owner and we are expect the win run and is a bad run. the owners hear will now what i say when i tell you is the worst feel in the world. these is one part of own along with the monthly fee i dont miss! lets hope the horse is ok and he come back to fight another day!

Those that havent owned a horse before .I dont think you can describe it better than Harry above its an absolute low and when you have a trainer that dont contact you for two months after that bad run yet your bills arrive on the 25th make you wanna puke.Most money I lose is on bets on my own horses;-) (So its a lot;-) )

I know that feeling. Being fav and then running 11th.
Another thing that bothers me is the vet fees. Between R1000 and R3000 monthly, and this is routine stuff.

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> Those that havent owned a horse before .I dont
> think you can describe it better than Harry above
> its an absolute low and when you have a trainer
> that dont contact you for two months after that
> bad run yet your bills arrive on the 25th make you
> wanna puke.Most money I lose is on bets on my own
> horses;-) (So its a lot;-) )

And the first time you realize when your horse will race on Saturday is when you see it in the race card ... <

But nothing beats the feeling of seeing your own horse cross the line first. (tu)

shrek Wrote:

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> But nothing beats the feeling of seeing your own
> horse cross the line first.

shrek the feeling for me get less and less over the year

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> shrek the feeling for me get less and less over
> the year


At least it is the start of the year so you should have that feeling back.

Element those vet fees are high. With Baker McVeigh my vet fees except when the boy was gelded are never more than about R500 - R600 per month.

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is like some thing else get less and less over the year

Worst feeling as a owner is if you tipped the horse to friends and colleagues , who do not understand the ups and downs of racing .....funny how some people you can never tip a winner no matter how hard you try....

Richie77 Wrote:

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> Element those vet fees are high. With Baker
> McVeigh my vet fees except when the boy was gelded
> are never more than about R500 - R600 per month.


Yes I also think it is too high. These are Kzn vet fees. I never had it so high in Gauteng.

Eish you guys make me scared to become a 1st time horse owner.