Thank you very much for your response on the "vetting" and prosepective purchase of Brass Hat. Some follow up questions. Are there any sources you can provide to a bettor to ascertain the physical problems or peculiarities of a racehorse, or its training regimen, other than the ubiquitous DRF, Thoroughbred Times, Blood Horse. In the sale of a horse, you have access to the horse, a vet's and trainer's comments, which are not really for public consumption. For example, I love the quote of Lukas' NY 2nd trainer, Peter Hutton, on Quick Actions's 4th place finish in his 2nd start on 12/26/03 from DRF's David Grening on 1/13/04 - "I hate to say it but we didn't have him ready for that race". Where do you get that kind of info before the race? And he was the 4-5 favorite. In England, it's even worse. In professional sports, especially football, which I don't follow, there are injury lists. The lists are important for those wagering on that sport. In horse racing, it is much more guarded, perhaps for good reason. But here millions of dollars are also being bet, and the bettors, for too long, get the short end of the stick, on information and losing money via excessive takeout. At least you are helping, not for charitable reasons, to address the takeout issue via pooling resources to obtain rebates. An interesting on-line streaming video discussion of betting and rebates is offered at www.harnesstracks.com or robertscomnet.com by Maury Wolff, Dave Cuscuna and David Willmot, CEO of Woodbine from the recent HTA-TRA conference March 4, 2004 in Florida.