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...Griffiths, who co-founded San Francisco-based NORM, or National Organization of Restoring Men, says, "I felt that I had been mutilated and denied the pleasures of a foreskin. I never felt comfortable in clothes because my glans was always being abraded." NORM now has outposts in Canada, Britain, Australia and New Zealand. But its message doesn't persuade everyone. "My daughters went and circumcised their boys even though I talked to them about it," Griffiths says. "I cried...
...Australia's flu outbreak is just one of many ways owners can lose. Sure, there are examples of ordinary Joes who got lucky and pocketed a small fortune. One of the best known is the story of Funny Cide, an undistinguished gelding purchased for $75,000 by 10 middle-class New Yorkers. Funny Cide went on to win two of the three U.S. Triple Crown races in 2003, amassing more than $2 million in prize money. But the horse was a fluke. James Oldring, industry marketing manager with the British Horseracing Authority, advises against "any false expectations or hopes...
...While thoroughbred ownership in Australia and the U.K. is increasingly within reach of commoners, the Hong Kong racing scene is dominated by the rich and connected. Those who want a piece of the action must first be a member of the Jockey Club - joining fees start at $30,000. Membership qualifies you to enter a Byzantine annual lottery in which members compete for roughly 300 spots that give them the right to purchase a horse and have it stabled in the Jockey Club's ritzy training facilities. This is how Lo, the Hong Kong fashion executive, became an owner...
...horse's livery fees through prize money. Snagging a champion horse requires lots of luck. "All the things in a [winning] horse - courage, constitution, the will to win - are things you can't see," says Peter Horwitz, president of the Thoroughbred Racehorse Owners' Association of New South Wales in Australia...
...This is why many prospective owners turn to experts like Price, whose company buys up young horses and puts them through their paces before deeming them fit for market. Four years ago, Price brought in from Australia Hong Kong's most famous steed: Silent Witness, who won 17 races and racked up $8 million in winnings - and who would have kept on earning after his retirement earlier this year through stud fees, if only he hadn't been gelded. Unfortunately, Silent Witness's trainers didn't see much value in his bloodline at the outset of his racing career...