When Mike wandered in here, he said he was looking to raise between $500 and $1,000 for the farm. But we can probably raise between $5,000 and $10,000 based on the weather.

What saves a foal from slaughter is about $250, and I think we have at least a couple dozen people who would be willing to give enough to save a foal.

This is one of those causes where the horses aren't going to help themselves. They need funding.

When looking at what is needed to close out the year, the only needed raise was 2 mills,

When they took Roy, they told me about him, ... When they took Mike, they (didn't) say (anything) to me. I didn't know what to think. I put it like this: 'It's like 50-50 with me. They don't know if they can count on me or not.' So it was a good business move. You can't knock the hustle.

When we drafted Mike we were in a different scheme. We were the antithesis of what we are now. Now is that to exonerate him not playing because of the scheme? No. Part of it, he needed to get better at certain things, but he didn't. He's got the tools. We got into the third year and we didn't see a big advance.