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.

• 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.

also note he has taken horses from a number of trainers
he picked off a number of quality 3 yr olds from alagna last year that are doing very well

You type anonymously here 

Who do you speak with, Calhoun 

You run a string and two thimbles  from your mousehole to his 

You're nothing! 

I think I like the two names intertwined: Big $$ Bob + Bobblehead = The Big Bobble