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I would say get a greyhound or anything other than a racehorse.I have had a quarter share in 2 over the years & can definately say that they work out more expensive than a dozen spendthrift wives with Amex.
We bought the last Horse for just over 9k (Eltars)I bet he doesn't ring any bells with you.But we had him for about a year.He was trained at Southwell,by Bomber Marvin.He only charged us £140-00 a week training fee's.He was trained & exrecised on the Allweather track.We used to run him there & else where on Sunday's,as you used to get £500-00 appearance money.So basically that covered,transport & jockeys fee's etc.But even though he was fit & healthy,he ran about 12 times & never made a place.
In that time he cost us over 18k & we gave him away to one of the owners daughters for free.We did have some great days out & we used to go & see him gallop on a Sunday & take Bomber 7 the 2 jockeys (Sashie Righton & Tom McGloghglan)pardon the spelling out for Sunday lunch.
Come to think of it.The only thing that was cheap was Sunday lunch for Jockeys.
There is a happy ending though with Eltars though.It turns out that he had trouble with trapped nerves in his back.Paula turned him out to grass for nearly 18 months,in which time he didn't have a saddle on his back.She spent about £500-00 on a back specialist etc.Within a year of his rest,he was a top 3 day eventer in Lincolnshire.He changed hands for over 10k etc etc.Dont know if they changed his name but hey ho.
What you said about,instead of wasting it on gambling is a great point though,as we reckon that we only diverted the losing bookie money to that venture.We did get alot more fun as owners than mug punters for sure.
We bought the last Horse for just over 9k (Eltars)I bet he doesn't ring any bells with you.But we had him for about a year.He was trained at Southwell,by Bomber Marvin.He only charged us £140-00 a week training fee's.He was trained & exrecised on the Allweather track.We used to run him there & else where on Sunday's,as you used to get £500-00 appearance money.So basically that covered,transport & jockeys fee's etc.But even though he was fit & healthy,he ran about 12 times & never made a place.
In that time he cost us over 18k & we gave him away to one of the owners daughters for free.We did have some great days out & we used to go & see him gallop on a Sunday & take Bomber 7 the 2 jockeys (Sashie Righton & Tom McGloghglan)pardon the spelling out for Sunday lunch.
Come to think of it.The only thing that was cheap was Sunday lunch for Jockeys.
There is a happy ending though with Eltars though.It turns out that he had trouble with trapped nerves in his back.Paula turned him out to grass for nearly 18 months,in which time he didn't have a saddle on his back.She spent about £500-00 on a back specialist etc.Within a year of his rest,he was a top 3 day eventer in Lincolnshire.He changed hands for over 10k etc etc.Dont know if they changed his name but hey ho.
What you said about,instead of wasting it on gambling is a great point though,as we reckon that we only diverted the losing bookie money to that venture.We did get alot more fun as owners than mug punters for sure.
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