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Wayne Rooney has called time on his dabble in the horse racing ownership business.
His three horses Switcharooney, Tomway and Pippy flopped badly with only Pippy every winning a race at Wolverhampton with a prize of just £4,200.
It’s a shame he has bailed out, a high profile owner might have provided interest to the casual race-goer.
Mind you seeing the fees outlined on the Dascombe website I could understand how even a guy on £250k a week would struggle to afford it
£51.50 per day plus gallop fees or £75 a day all in oof!Happy Christmas to you. Just what has Rooney ever done to upset you?
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I've walked and I crawled on six crooked highwaysThree horses, two cost 60k and one 15k, Clive Smith parted with around 1 million for his initial investment and that was undoubtedly the easiest jammiest investment ever made into NH racing. The money Rooney spent on the flat was not significant and most probably likely to fail. However, there were some winners, the trainer, the bloodstock agent, the sales commissions, in fact everyone bar him. Many stories like this, only he gets a mention – the average owner just gets the bill and the disappointment.
Good riddance.
Why on earth would you say that ?
Racehorses lose. It isn’t all glitz and glamo(u)r and Royal Ascot. If Rooney doesn’t understand that he shouldn’t be an owner.
Maybe he understood the pitfalls of owning racehorses perfectly well and had given himself a budget after which he’d re-assess his position. Perfectly acceptable stance and perfectly understandable decision to call time as no decent animal emerged. I suspect a large dose of schadenfreude in those who knock or mock Rooney’s dip into the sport.
One of the highest paid footballers in the country counting the pennies? I doubt it. His flirt with racing was in all likelihood no more than a passing fad.
No headlines about his exit from the sport on the front page of the RP I suspect. The whole thing stank of a Racing For Change PR exercise. What price Rooney never paid a penny or got a big incentive to get involved?
I was very surprised at the time about the low amount he paid for these horses.If you want a good return for your money then you need to buy better horses.
He obviously wasnt taking it seriously.I love my racing and if I had his money I would be spending it on better horses.May I add to the criticism of Wayne Rooney for the following –
1. Having lots of money.
2. Spending it as he wishes.The gall of the man is quite something. Good riddance, etc, etc ad nauseum.
I was told he will become the owner of Manchester United.
Cheaper apparently.Gaelic Warrior Gold Cup Winner 2026
I was very surprised at the time about the low amount he paid for these horses.If you want a good return for your money then you need to buy better horses.
He obviously wasnt taking it seriously.I love my racing and if I had his money I would be spending it on better horses.Not necessarily.
Richard Hannon generally operated in around the price range Pippy was bought during his career and was not one to pay big money.
Olympic Glory cost him just £5000 more than Pippy at £65,000. Toronado was also cheaper at £55,000 and Paco Boy cost £21,000. Sky Lantern came in at £75,000. Toormore, Montiridge, Trumpet Major and Producer were all cheaper than Pippy.
Biggest price tag does not always mean the best horse. Need I mention The Green Monkey who cost $16,000,000 dollars and was useless.
When you start paying big prices for unraced horses, you are buying into breeding and the potential stud prospects should it be successful. Plenty of people good at getting value for money by not paying an excessive price, unfortunately for Rooney this didn’t happen on this occasion.
£51.50 per day plus gallop fees or £75 a day all in oof!
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