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Owner was telling me he just saw Lucas sunning himself in the tropics after getting ripped off in training bills The training bills run at 10,000$ a month or more and what pissed him off was when he loaded his trailer up to go train at Meadowland he charged something like 500$ a horse!! Not sure about the other Swedes but they certainly know how to charge. IMHO he couldn’t hold Ake’s jock strap so boggles the mind how he gets clients.
If true this is outrageous and obscene! These guys are pricing themselves OUT of the business for what they do! Does anyone know AKE's monthly fees?
Ake used to be 75, or 80.00 per day. There are a few add ons like groom's housing, and the normal surcharges, Shipping etc. But even if Ake is 90 - 100.00 per day thers a big difference between Wallin and AKE. Lets be real here. Wallin is marginal at best.
it is getting out of controlyes costs are rising but purses are not tough to break even
hes over a 100 aday right now
I am calling BS on this one. No way is this guy paying Lucas Wallin $10k per month to train a horse. No chance. Period. Now, if you want to tell me this is a one-off, isolated situation -- a stakes (winning) horse -- AND THIS BILL INCLUDES the trainer's 5% share (of a stakes win or two that particular month), shipping, vet work, etc., OK, I will buy that. But $10k -- if it exists -- is a one-off, an exception. No way it is the norm. BS.I've met Lucas several times, seen him around plenty, spoke to him, etc. When Lucas had Rebuff racing, I saw him one morning in Lexington and we talked. I asked him his daily rate, vet work, feed, etc. I was curious for myself. For my life I don't remember what he said, but that's because it was a normal, typical number. He's a young, up and coming trainer, and if he continues, gets support, makes quality, intelligent decisions, he could have a very good future in front of him. Maybe exceptional. If you want a Swedish/Scandinavian trainer, and one who runs a public stable, having an alternative to Nancy Takter IMO is a good thing! LOL. Remember, Lucas did very well for himself from jump when he went on his own, and no, I don't mean from his daily rate. He owned a piece of Rebuff. He bought him as a yearling on his own account, and only had one owner interested, and that was for a small piece. That owner bought 10% immediately, After that Lucas sold the majority of the horse to another owner, but he still retained 15 or 20% for himself. The horse earned just under $1mm.