00:00and we'll be looking at rehabilitation, rehab in water, that's a collaboration and hopefully
00:05rehome as well. And it's just an invaluable charity. People like you look towards it,
00:12it's just, you know, if every owner had that sort of generosity, we'd be absolutely flying.
00:17New horses, you can see today, that's with Tony talking, how many horses do you have?
00:21Yeah. And they're in your blood, in your soul, and they'll get you at the most important times
00:26in your life. So yeah, we'll be hugely thankful. I've learned over the years, and I've run quite
00:33a lot of charity events for my son, which is the James Barney Foundation. And to get money out of
00:38people, you need a tin opener. They come, and most of them, they come the evening, they get dressed up,
00:46they have a great time, they don't part with any money. For me, I found it very difficult,
00:53you know, and I've had auctions and all sorts. Really, it's very difficult. People don't like
00:58partnering with their money, they don't like putting it back. I run a charity for my son,
01:02which is for children that are not very well privileged. It's a Christian-based charity,
01:08and the majority of the money that gets raised there, we raise it ourselves. You know, we do a lot
01:13of things. We rode from Nice to, sorry, from Cannes to Rome in seven days last year, and raised,
01:21I think we raised from the local school, didn't we? And, you know, and to get people to sponsor,
01:28or to be part of that, is very, very difficult. Very difficult. You know, and that is, you know,
01:33I don't get it. And I think in this world, in the racing world, to try and raise money,
01:38people, when they do win, it's my view, all of these horse race officers should give a little
01:45bit back to these charities. And if they'd done that, even if it was only 5% of their winnings,
01:49or 10% of their winnings, if they made it their business to do that, the world would be a
01:53better
01:53place, and these people would be a lot better off. We wouldn't have a job without horses, would we?
01:59There must be a difficult time, you know, for transition. Yeah, it is, and we've got a great
02:05confidence platform now, which shows what they can do out of those things. And we were having
02:09a talk earlier in the balcony, saying that the suitable ones can go on and do great things.
02:13Some aren't suitable, and you have to make decisions, but like, it's just doing the best by the worst.
02:18Exactly.
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