Athlete Profile: One Competitor's First Full Season
Thirty-one jackpots, one school, and a borrowed horse.
What a realistic first season looks like when you are paying for it yourself and learning as you go.
The numbers are instructive: thirty-one entries, eleven qualified runs, and a total payout that covered roughly a third of the fuel.
The point was never the money. By the final jackpot the runs were consistent enough to be worth building on.
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