Thanks LG, appreciate the best wishes.
Certainly I wish I could just go out and purchase the land, but one needs good soil with drainage but dams and reasonably flat areas for training. The amount of land needs to be an absolute minimum of 20 acres and to find this within a reasonable distance of the city is near impossible for the money I am looking at
I'm in talks with a number of people and non profit organisations, because I intend to use part of the land for racehorse rescue and retirement. Having visited the abbatoirs and seen the way they are treated, makes my stomach turn. You can't save them all, but if I can even save a few, it will be very rewarding, especially if I can find good homes for them.
I'm also going to rescue factory farm animal such as chickens and pigs, and grow my own produce to feed the animals, so they will be free to roam the pastures as nature intended and not be locked up in solitary confinement or worse overcrowded dark conditions.
I think I'll get more enjoyment out of this side of the farm, than the excitment of breeding, pretraining and owning a winner or two.