Decreasing the purse money for those kinds of horses just makes it tougher for a lot of owners here to make money.

He's a natural rider, and horses run out of sight for him. He's won a lot of races for me, and I think he'll do real well down south. I'm going to put him on anything I send down there.

I don't think they'll get any different horses for $400,000 as they would get for $250,000.

If the horse can be salvaged for some use. . . . Those horses, in my opinion, shouldn't be put down. It's not that we're opposed to putting an animal down. It's the criteria that's used. There are circumstances where it's just not right.

'We didn't have enough money, or horses of our own I would take an old saddle and put it on a swing every day, pretending I was on a horse. It's still my dream to have a horse one day.

Lots and lots of people are willing to put huge amounts of money into horses when it really makes no economic sense. I challenge you to come up with other businesses that are driven as much by ego or dumb luck.