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Harness Racing / Re: yesterday meadows burke Always Bet On Me
« Last post by SDST2009 on Today at 07:42:17 PM »It goes both ways. Burke offered, and my trainer and I accepted 25k for our 5yo pacer who was beating the nw8 cond claimers at the Meadows earlier this year. Ran him once at Northfield, finished 3rd, and then fractured a pastern while training several days later.
Bingo, buddy.
The Burke's 100% run an outstanding operation in the following ways:
- Classification - this is a huge advantage. They'll ship a horse anywhere if it fits a class it can win.
Vetwork - they do a ton of work some trainers can't or won't afford to do.
Money - they can buy a horse for any class they want.
Edge - they have it. I am not sure what it is, but they have it. Not the only ones.
They do not give one rat's ass what breaks down, dies, falls by the wayside in the process. When you have that much $$ behind you, I guess you don't have to.
It's a fine business model except for the fact that you're involving a living being. Which it is very clear they don't give a shit about.

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