'I own the land': Landowner gets even with horse racetrack who refuses them same deal given to her grandfather, racetrack ends up paying hundreds of dollars in compensation

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Eleonora Bader
Jun 19, 2023 1:30 PM EDT

Sometimes honoring an original deal is more profitable than renegotiating a new one, and that is pretty accurate in this case. OP explained how her grandfather used to own a piece of land next to a horse racetrack; their land nearly entirely surrounded her grandfather's, except for the fact he had access to a public road. The racetrack itself was laid out in such a way that their exercise track was placed on her grandfather's land, while the main track with a stadium was placed to the south. The racetrack struck a deal with OP's grandfather so that they could transport their horses across his land in order to avoid a mess. In return, OP's grandfather could enter the racetrack with guests, free of admission.

After OP's grandfather passed, the racetrack owners had a power trip and refused OP the same service they provided her grandfather. As a result, OP decided to show them who is boss. As OP owned the road that the racetrack used for transport, she left a few logs on it, making sure that the racetrack could no longer pass over it with their horses.

The racetrack quickly backtracked, calling OP and telling her that they would indeed keep the deal that they had made with her grandfather, but it was too late, OP's mind was set. Scroll down to read what happened next. For more, here is a Karen who attempted to get a front desk clerk at a hotel fired after they were refused service.

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    Font - Posted by u/SignificanceSoft7561 15 hours ago Refuse my mother entry to your horsetrack? Don't expect access to our personal road!
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    Font - TL;DR at the bottom Sorry for the text wall, writing this on mobile. My grandad used to own a pice of land next to a horse racetrack. Their land allmost surrounded my grandad's except for him having access to a heavily trafficated public road. The racetrack was laid out in
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    Font - such a way that their exercise track was placed north om my grandads land while the main track with a stadium was placed to the south. Way back when the racetrack was built they had asked my grandad if they could transport their horses across his land. There was already a
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    Font - maintenence road in place and as they only moved their horses he didn't really mind as they also supported the local village. As a small thank you for this they allowed him and his guest to watch the races for free, normally it cost around 5 usd in our local currency, not that much, but it alowed him to
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    Font - take me and all my cousins to watch the horsies for free. Anyhow, fast forward a couple of years and my grandad passed away. My mother, who inherited the land tried to bring her grandchild (my niece) to the racetrack to see the horses just as my grandad used to to.
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    Font - At the counter she is told that she has to pay for admission; not really that big of a deal as she thought that they didn't know that she now owned the land. Afterwards however when she writes to the trac to rectify the situation they tell her that she won't be admission free as it was a one time deal they had struck with my grandad
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    Font - that now was off. Enter the petty revenge. A few months later when we had planned to cut down some of the trees for lumber my mother told the contractors to "accidentally" leave one or two logs across the maintenence road. The racetrack, now having to load their horses on trollies as they
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    Font - had to use the busy public road instead of our maintenence one, allmost immediately sent an email to my mother apologising and offering her that same deal as my grandad had received, if we would remove the logs.
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    Font - She only informed them that the one time deal they had struck with my grandad was off. In the end after some wrangling we ennded up with a deal where they now have to pay my mother around 400 usd every month in
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    Font - addition to her and her guests having free admission. TL;DR Racetrack refuses my mother the same deal as they had with my grandad. She refuses them the right to access her road.
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    Font - WorkInPr0g 14 hr. ago My kingdom to see the face of whatever minion in a power trip who wrote the original "one time deal" must have put on when his own words came back to bit him. 1.2k Reply Share
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    Font - TDLMTH · 14 hr. ago There's always someone trying to make their mark by saving money without any consideration as to why the money is being spent in the first place.
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    Font - Unicorn187 +2 . 14 hr. ago So silly of them Did they think that your mom would honor her dad's side but not hold them.to theirs? 172 Reply Share
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    Font - opermonkey 9 hr. ago · They didn't think that far ahead. They wanted that few dollars right now so badly they got blind with greed. So many companies are doing this now and not even hiding it. ↑ 50 50 ↓ Reply Share
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    Font - +2 · 15 hr. ago Sometimes honoring the original deal is more profitable than renegotiating a new one. Could be a Ferengi rule of Acquisition. 42.8k Reply Share Zoreb1
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    Font - AdraLamia 13 hr. ago Play stupid games. Win stupid prizes. Brilliant. 4 29 Reply Share
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    Font - Username58008918 14 hr. ago Not sure that's petty lol, more like sweet victory 4 . 46 Reply Share
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    Font - SignificanceSoft7561 OP. 14 hr. ago Yea, you might be right, the original idea, blocking the road was petty, the rest was just a lap of honor! 56 Reply Share
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    Font - MorriganNiConn +1 · 12 hr. ago Your mom is pretty darned savvy! Good for her making extra money + getting free admission for her and her guests to the races. 49 Reply Share
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    Font - 00 Living_Particular_35 · 13 hr. ago Shows it always pays to extend courtesy to neighbors! 48↓ Reply Share
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