Patuxet wrote:The McIngvales' side of the story: http://www.paulickreport.com/news/ray-s ... at-we-did/
Hi Patuxet,
LOL....this gets better and better. The story now strays to defending Wohlers...and bashing Borell. Bottom line is Matress Mac has no written agreement with Borell and who's to know who is telling the truth. She is owed 10% of the purses Runhappy earned by basic racetrack protocol and without a written agreement she will get that in a court of law. Think about it, she was the one who nursed the horse back to health. Runhappy had won $14,400 when Wohlers was listed as trainer...in Borell's hands he is undefeated in 5 starts and won 2 GR I races and will undoubtedly be awarded the eclipse award for best American Sprinter. That makes the horse worth no less than 10 million. He earned over a million in Maria's hands and this guy doesn't want to send her on her way with a lousy $120,000....not to mention how the value of the horse increased while she was trainer....most owners give at least a yearly breeding share to trainers that do that for their horse. I don't care if she never laid a hand on the horse....her license was used and she was there everyday with the horse 24/7. That in itself is worth the 10% she deserves. This story you posted http://www.paulickreport.com/news/ray-s ... the-money/ ) in my opinion may be closer to the truth. Wohlers was getting involved more and more after he won the Kings Bishop and no one can tell me Wohlers wasn't trying to get the horse back since then. The horse wins the Kings Bishop and Wohlers then wants to make changes in the horses equipment and feeding schedule....(no true horseman/woman would change a thing after his Kings Bishop win). Borell was also up front with KY Racing Commission about her falling in arrears with her rent. Her boarders weren't paying her and that's why she fell behind. I am sure the KY Race Comm. will be right there when this financial dispute is settled and the adjudications will be paid in full. It was a condition made by the KRC in her being issued her KY. trainers license. So they knew all about what was going on with her financial straits so all the chatter on the internet won't hurt her (which is what Mattress man wants) because the Ky. Race Comm was well aware of the entire situation. If she wasn't up front....then she would be in real trouble and her license could be in jeopardy.
Bottom line, she's been fired because they want to keep the 10% in the family and aren't willing to pay this girl, who they kicked to the curb, a tiny pitance of what she earned with Runhappy while in her name. When she got him he was a horse with potential coming back off a fractured leg (worth maybe $100,000 if he vetted out and worth the risk it wouldn't happen again), when they fired her he is worth a small fortune and she will never see a penny of the increase in value of the horse done while in her hands. I think Mattress Mac would be wise to give her the 10% of the purses only, before that lawyer of Borell's gets mad and goes after the market value of the horse before and after Borell had him. On sales of these types, the trainer is generally given 1-3 percent of the increase in value and Mac has him valued at $50,000,000 (his words in the article).....at 1% of that is a $1/2 million she could be entitled to upon his sale or entering a stud deal? No doubt the lawyer will be using that point as leverage to get Borell's money. TJ