I have been lucky/unlucky enough to have had a few horses over the years and i would'nt exactly call them world beaters. I used to buy a 1/10 share in the first few i had where you had to pay 1/10 of the purchase price. I found that i did'nt really make a great deal of money out of them that way, but obviously that had alot to do with the horses. I then turned to having smaller shares in syndicates where there is no initial outlay and training, vet fees etc are much smaller. It's true that i still have'nt made a great deal out of it. The way i look at it, both ways have there advantages/disadvantages, i suppose it depends on how much money you have or are willing to spend. I'm not really in the game to make money, if you are, then the large majority of people will be very dissapointed unless you are lucky enough to get one such as FOO. You made an excellent point Chrome Prince, it's the thrill of winning, at least for me it is anyway, whether it is in the city or a maiden in the country.