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Originally Posted by Onlythenuzt
... I doubt that its such a difficult thing to work out unless the horse is too proud to admit to having no travel expenses capital.
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Even if the horse were to win the powerball and have all the money he needs, he still has good reasons to not travel under this deal. Why would he want to spend money on travel expenses knowing even if he has a winning trip, he will have to give all of it to the backer, and still be in make-up? The horse might have to have several winning trips before he's out of make-up, and all that time he's losing that expense money, just so he can now pay travel costs for the next trip, and hope to finally start winning money of which he gets a cut.
That's why this deal was a mistake to begin with, as are many deals. They don't cover what to do in a foreseeable situation, and now both parties are feeling screwed no matter how it gets resolved.
Later, Greg Raymer (FossilMan)