Sunday, December 23, 2012

Steak at 1 AM


Arielle and Jonathan performed last night at their 3rd annual concert at the Parkside Lounge in NYC.


Best sound for Arielle EVER. I heard words I never heard before! She had another guitar, a bass and percussion person behind her and she was more in command of the performance and patter with the audience than ever before.

Jonathan had some great new compositions but the sound system settings occasionally interfered with his band’s performance. Nonetheless, his band, HINTS, really rocked and so did he! Of course, we love it best when our kids perform together, as they did several times.
 
We then proceeded to Le Marais, a Kosher steak restaurant in mid-town. There were about 20 of us. In addition to the food, Jonathan and Donny played piano and sang. Arielle and others joined in. A fun time was had by all.
 
Doesn’t everyone eat steak after midnight? We didn’t get home until 3AM. Ah, to act like I’m young again!
 
Tomorrow, we’ll send the training staff their Christmas presents. I’ve devised a new idea for an owner’s relationship with trainers but probably won’t present it until 2013. The problem with the current system is it can be considered a conflict of interest between the owner and the trainer. The trainer gets paid a day rate. This means that whether the horse races or not, the trainer makes money each day the horse is in the barn. In addition, there is no incentive to get the horse to the races. Therefore, a system not based on the trainer collecting a day rate would incentivize the trainer to get each horse to their next race as fast as possible and, further, would ensure the trainer trying to get a poorly performing horse out of inventory.

 
We’ll see what happens in 2013. Here’s wishing you all the best for whatever holiday you celebrate and the best for 2013!


Yours,

A
 
Avram C. Freedberg
Everything’s Cricket Racing 


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