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| Digiturf really is the best online horse racing community, you know it and the rest of the world knows it, but as Maple Leaf Farms explains, it is the collective effort of everyone who conducts themselves with honesty and integrity on Digiturf that makes it one of the strongest communities in the world. Tell us, who’s integrity do you admire? |
Maple Leaf Farms | | |  | Wins 219 | | | | Sat, Feb 12, 2011 - 1:20 |
| Runs | Places | % | Wins | % | Earnings | | Total Stakes Races | 1588 | 623 | (39%) | 219 | (14%) | US$17,678.91 | | Championship | 13 | 5 | (38%) |  | 0 | | US$1,500.00 | | Qualifiers | 124 | 38 | (31%) |  | 8 | | (6%) | US$4,035.83 | | Graded | 1112 | 448 | (40%) |  | 172 | | (15%) | US$11,318.79 | | Claimers | 175 | 82 | (47%) |  | 30 | | (17%) | US$527.43 | | Rated | 164 | 50 | (30%) | | 9 | | (5%) | US$296.86 | | Free Races | 59 | 25 | (42%) | | 33 | | (56%) | US$0.00 | |
Biggest Win
Interview/s
With all the discussion around the Krypton Incident, I've been thinking about the nature of the auction transaction. We're completely naked in the Auction Ring. There is NOTHING to protect us. We are forced to trust each other. The fact is: Everybody who sells something is a salesman. But not every salesman lies or misleads. For me what matters most is: What kind of a person is the seller? I have been buying horses in auctions for many months now. Spent my fair share, for sure. And for the most part, I have received the exact horse that I believed I was buying. The tt's were exactly what was quoted in emails. (I miss Trezza) The potential of the horse was in the ballpark of what was advertised. In all cases, I had to do a ton of homework and due diligence before making the buy decision. But on two occassions, I thought I was burned. When I got the horse into my barn, I saw it wasn't what I thought it was. And I objected to the sellers. I thought I was sold something different than what I was buying. The reason I share this with all of you is this - - What happened AFTER I objected to the sellers is what makes the Digi community strong. In both cases, the seller offered to buy the horse back IMMEDIATELY. No debate. No questions. In one of those cases, Whymea Farms and I had a miscommunication over tt's and horse names. In the other, I believed a horse from Worldwater Stables had a worse age change than the seller stated. In BOTH of those cases, they were honest mistakes - buyer and seller. However, both Frank and Ron immediately offered to buy the horses back - AND pay the Digi premium on top of it. No debate. No questions. I respect them both for that. It's that kind of sportsmanship that we need. In an auction, we depend upon pure trust, honesty and integrity. We need more owners like those two guys, in my opinion. We might argue with their salesmanship or their sales approach, but we should also be looking further - to the person. We should all remember the golden rule when we participate in auctions - treat others in the way that we would like to be treated. So in the future, man up and do it right, folks. No BS. There was only one Secret Dom or one Golden Lineage. If yours isn't, then don't pretend it is. Either inbox exact tt's or don't brag about them. If you have no experience, then don't try to say what is or isn't Conso/Champ material based upon some chart. Auctioning an unraced horse in order to get 0.20 per tt click is lame. Taking shots at other horses or stables in your descriptions is unprofessional. Sell your horse on its own merits...Its own race record...Its own tt's. No BS. And stand behind your sale, like a sportsman. As the Krypton Incident proved, we need more of sportsmen around here. And now, I'm done being an adult .... I'm going to get a drink.
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