It is typical/customary for a public trainer to get 10% of the purse monies won by the horses he trains. In a race with a purse of $1 million, the winner typically gets about $600,000, so the trainer will get $60,000.There may be other contractual arrangements between the owner and the trainer.Shug McGaughey, for example, is a private trainer for the Phipps, Claiborne Farm, and a few other selected patrons.o for a $1,000,000 race the winning horse might recieve $550,000-750,000, 10% of which would be $55,000-75,000. Many trainers split this amount with their stable help. Some give 1% of purse money to the groom & exercise rider, others bank all of their purse money and distribute percentages throughout the stable yard.
According to folk music historian Alan Lomax as documented in the book Folk Song USA, the Midnight Special was a real train: the Southern Pacific Golden Gate Limited. A traditional folk song, Leadbelly popularized it upon his release from Sugar Land prison in Texas, where he could hear the Midnight Special come through. In the song, the light of the train gives the inmates hope-if it shines on them they take it as a sign they will soon go free.
Mac Davis penned this song with Billy Strange. They wrote it for Elvis, a US television special featuring Elvis Presley, that aired on December 3, 1968 on the NBC television network.ac Davis penned this song with Billy Strange. They wrote it for Elvis, a US television special featuring Elvis Presley, that aired on December 3, 1968 on the NBC television network.