Trainer Day Rates

Thoroughbred Owners of California puts out a newsletter quarterly which included a look a trainer day rates in their Winter 2006 issue. The article is SoCal-centric, as NorCal trainers usually work for a little less. According to their study, the day rate range is $75 - $100. In the documentary "On the Muscle" with Richard Mandella, he states his rate is $100/day. The footage was probably recorded in 2003 or 2004 and so is reasonably current.