Kudos to Oaklawn for upping their purses for the 2007 meet which runs from Jan 19 - April 14th. There is an article in bloodhorse about the increase in purses. But I will paraphrase here. The minimum claiming race is $11,000 and the MSW is going to be $32,000. The AVG daily purse is going to be $290,000. This is by far going to be more attractive than Gulfstream to some horsemen. Granted the weather prob isnt as nice, but I think it has more to offer than Gulfstream. Now I have never been to Oaklawn but I hear it is real nice. Sounds like they are doing great job.