Churchill ups Foster purse to $1 million

[King Glorious]

So let's see, Churchill has cut purses by 20% this meet but they came up with the brilliant idea to add $250k to the purse of the Foster as an incentive to get Curlin to run there. Now, to be fair, the money is not coming out of the horsemen's purse account but rather, it's coming from a marketing account set aside for special circumstances. As I said, it's a brilliant move on Churchill's part to secure the presence of the reigning HOY and pry him away from the other race that they were considering for him on June 14th. Oh wait.......

[ateamstupid]

Purportedly to secure Curlin..

http://www.drf.com/news/article/95158.html

[letswastemoney]

That's silly. He was probably going to go there anyway.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by letswastemoney

That's silly. He was probably going to go there anyway.

Exactly.

[justindew]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Purportedly to secure Curlin..

http://www.drf.com/news/article/95158.html

Another worthwhile thread from Mr. Stupid.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by justindew

Another worthwhile thread from Mr. Stupid.

Hmmm.. A thread about one of the premier dirt races in the country raising its purse by 33% to attract a horse.. Or a thread about one typo in an article nobody cares about..

Which seems more relevant, Mr. Hard Spun is Sore?

[justindew]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Hmmm.. A thread about one of the premier dirt races in the country raising its purse by 33% to attract a horse.. Or a thread about one typo in an article nobody cares about..

Which seems more relevant, Mr. Hard Spun is Sore?

I'm not Mr. Hard Spun is sore. Get your facts straight, cuz yours aren't even close.

So, the premiere news organization in the world confusing the nationality of the owner of a horse with the nation where the horse was bred is not humorous on some level, considering the crappy overall coverage this sport gets? Well, I disagree.

[justindew]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Hmmm.. A thread about one of the premier dirt races in the country raising its purse by 33% to attract a horse.. Or a thread about one typo in an article nobody cares about..

Which seems more relevant, Mr. Hard Spun is Sore?

Also, I'm not breaking your balls for posting the Churchill story. I'm breaking your balls for breaking my balls for doing exactly what you did.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by justindew

Also, I'm not breaking your balls for posting the Churchill story. I'm breaking your balls for breaking my balls for doing exactly what you did.

This is news. You reported a typo. I'm pretty sure you can tell the difference, but I digress.

Agreed with Chuck and letswastemoney. It seems more like a ploy to get horses to run against him rather than to get him.

[eajinabi]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

So let's see, Churchill has cut purses by 20% this meet but they came up with the brilliant idea to add $250k to the purse of the Foster as an incentive to get Curlin to run there. Now, to be fair, the money is not coming out of the horsemen's purse account but rather, it's coming from a marketing account set aside for special circumstances. As I said, it's a brilliant move on Churchill's part to secure the presence of the reigning HOY and pry him away from the other race that they were considering for him on June 14th. Oh wait.......

This almost tells me that Curlin is 100% to win this.