get into racing, join a partnership and learn
from them," Weber said. "It's hard to go it
alone right now. The price for a horse is way
more than what it cost to race a horse and
you have to keep your finger on the pulse
and know that there are people along the
way who try to take advantage. They'll do
it in the sales ring and other places, so be
aware. I don't want to say the integrity was
better years ago, as perhaps the deceitful
ones were just more tactful then, but it's
complicated with lots of facets and, like I
said, can be a moving target."
Accepting that times have changed in the
same breath, she is enlivened by new en-
thusiasm in a game that has brought her so
much joy over the decades. Much like the
images of Buddha that are often the focal
point of the millions of dollars worth of
ancient Chinese art that she collects and
has on display at New York's Metropolitan
Museum of Art, Weber has a discernible
balance and composure in her discourse.
Perhaps this is why she is such a nonpareil
protagonist; one who does not fit racing's
measured mold, but whose sheer potency
of probity has sculpted its own place in the
prose.
"It's a nice life," Weber concluded. "It has
its highs and its lows, but they have been
worth it. If there's one thing that someone
needs to know, no matter where you're
coming from, it is that you have to have pa-
tience."
