September 10 Kentucky Downs ROI Wagers go here . . .

[JolyB]

Curious thing about the purses in today's KY Downs races. The Turf Cup was advertised as a $1 million race. however, when you look at the chart, it appears that the total paid out was only $694,180. I had expected that Red Knight's winner's share would be around $600,000, but it was only $317,130. That's a winner's share from a $550,000 race, not a $1 million race.
From the race chart:
Value of Race: $694,180 1st $317,130, 2nd $186,000, 3rd $51,150, 4th $46,500, 5th $27,900, 6th $10,000, 7th $10,000, 8th through 12th $10,000 each. Some of that represents payments to KY TD Development Fund eligible horses.

I think that the rest of the purse would have been paid out only if all runners had been eligible for payments from the Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund. As a NY bred, RK wasn't eligible.

So much for a so called $1 million race.

[Real Quiet]

I've seen that happen in Canada from time to time. A horse might finish third and get more money than the horse that finished second.

[JolyB]

We were fortunate that our contest races all went off without a hitch on Saturday. On Sunday, Kentucky Downs had to cancel its racing card after running only two races. When you get heavy rain and can't move the races from the turf to a main track, things like that happen.

The races that were cancelled on Sunday will be rescheduled to this coming Tuesday, when drier weather is expected.

[Plenilune]

Originally Posted by JolyB

Curious thing about the purses in today's KY Downs races. The Turf Cup was advertised as a $1 million race. however, when you look at the chart, it appears that the total paid out was only $694,180. I had expected that Red Knight's winner's share would be around $600,000, but it was only $317,130. That's a winner's share from a $550,000 race, not a $1 million race.
From the race chart:
Value of Race: $694,180 1st $317,130, 2nd $186,000, 3rd $51,150, 4th $46,500, 5th $27,900, 6th $10,000, 7th $10,000, 8th through 12th $10,000 each. Some of that represents payments to KY TD Development Fund eligible horses.

I think that the rest of the purse would have been paid out only if all runners had been eligible for payments from the Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund. As a NY bred, RK wasn't eligible.

So much for a so called $1 million race.

This is such a sucky thing. It seems to be a fake and disingenuous way to run a race. Saved themselves a bit of money, eh, and make less of it, purse be damned. Seems dishonest, to me. A rip-off.