I feel like it’s necessary to point out that the original deal with MB appeared to be $5000 a month for 2 horses and an apartment. I don’t recall if one of those horses was bought from him or not, but if so, then a part of it might have been keeping an eye on “his” schoolmaster, and $5k for 2 horses isn’t that out of line for a multihorse deal, depending. It’s low for the area but it’s not a runaway the deal the way it was for 5 horses.
When that number grew to 5, the deal seems that it was supposed to change, and to me if I read it right some # of those horses were on their way over here when all this went down and lawyers were getting involved.
Not a lot of clarity on this point but to me it reads that one side thought they could have an unlimited number of horses in training for that price, while the other understood it was a deal for 2 or maybe 3 horses, one of which was bought from him. But I really don’t know.