Do Trainers make big money?

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Do Trainers make big money?

10 years 11 months ago
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In discussion with various people over many years the concensis is that most trainers every where in the world
just make a living and some not even that
In the RSA the top 20 probably do very well but if one compares them to a lawyer or accountant who works for themself
they are way behind
Am I right?

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Re: Re: Do Trainers make big money?

10 years 11 months ago
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Take a trip out to the Vaal and see how many trainers LIVE in their stables(as opposed to owning a home) - not all do well

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Re: Re: Do Trainers make big money?

10 years 11 months ago
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Most are puzzling

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Re: Re: Do Trainers make big money?

10 years 11 months ago
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Visser champion Flamingo

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Re: Re: Do Trainers make big money?

10 years 11 months ago
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The top 20 in any field do well....

A more appropriate question would be whether or not the field is worth being in.

elmer Wrote:
> the top 20 probably do very well but if
> one compares them to a lawyer or accountant who
> works for themself
> they are way behind
> Am I right?

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Re: Re: Do Trainers make big money?

10 years 11 months ago
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I would rather be a vet

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Re: Re: Do Trainers make big money?

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Sorry been begging for airtime so I could reply!:D Guys at the top do very well. Further down it is much harder especially with cash flow if owners do not pay quickly as most feed companies want money up front and wages cannot wait. A good earning horse helps.

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Re: Re: Do Trainers make big money?

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here is a stupid question in some places ive seen the jockey club own horses, wouldn't this help here if some of the smaller trainers where assisted in this way :S

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Re: Re: Do Trainers make big money?

10 years 11 months ago
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NO UNLESS YOU PUNT THEM AND THEY WIN . SMALLER TRAINERS ALWAYS SEEM TO FIND THE OWNERS THAT ARE CHAMPAGNE DRINKERS WITH LEMONADE POCKETS

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Re: Re: Do Trainers make big money?

10 years 11 months ago
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Carlos I heard you got asked to bail out Kenilworth racing, you got that much

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Re: Re: Do Trainers make big money?

10 years 11 months ago
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carlosthejackal Wrote:
> NO UNLESS YOU PUNT THEM AND THEY WIN . SMALLER
> TRAINERS ALWAYS SEEM TO FIND THE OWNERS THAT ARE
> CHAMPAGNE DRINKERS WITH LEMONADE POCKETS


Very true and makes life difficult for the trainer..

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Re: Re: Do Trainers make big money?

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Its a numbers game....:S

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