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cj
12-11-2009, 02:57 PM
Santa Anita tweaks overnight purses

By Steve AndersenINGLEWOOD, Calif. - Santa Anita has cut purses for some overnight races and left others unchanged for the upcoming winter-spring meeting from Dec. 26 to April 18.

The condition book, detailing the races for the first two weeks of the meeting, through Jan. 9, was published earlier this week.

Purses for some allowance races were cut $4,000, while maiden special weight races were cut $1,000. Purses for lesser horses, in the maiden claiming categories, were left unchanged....

The rest of the article... (http://www.drf.com/news/article/109445.html)

Tweaks? Sounds more like "cuts" to me.

Stillriledup
12-11-2009, 08:30 PM
Why owners race in California is beyond me.

CBedo
12-11-2009, 09:04 PM
Why owners race in California is beyond me.4 horse fields where everyone who runs gets a check....

therussmeister
12-11-2009, 11:10 PM
Why owners race in California is beyond me.

I wonder why people bet California. I hear nothing but complaints, but never hear of anyone vowing to take their gambling dollars elsewhere.

For the record, it's been over ten years since I last bet California.