"1,000 to 1" is an anecdotal story about the varied people--from a
cabinet officer to a bell captain--who have owned inexpensive
horses with the Hampshire partnerships, the people who have trained
and cared for the horses, and the horses themselves. This is not a
"how to" book since, during our 17 years in the business, despite
business plans and racing plans and breeding plans, and, you name
it, any other plans, the dynamics constantly changed, and we
changed with them. Racing and breeding thoroughbreds always seem to
us to be a seat of the pants enterprise, with change being a
constant. It is a story about how to spin a $2,500 share into a
two-year ownership involving three, four, and sometimes five cheap
race horses who, somehow or other, managed to reach the winner's
circle a phenomenal 20% of the time over a 17-year period, some
years twice that often. It is a story of how a group of novices
stumbled into breeding thoroughbreds successfully, accomplishing
the near impossible--that is, seeing all the foals they sent to the
races wind up in the winner's circle It is also a story of blind
faith, faith in our trainers, in our animals, and in our jockeys
who give their best for our entertainment in what can be, and often
is, the world's most dangerous sport.
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