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Originally Posted by Fager Fan
Yes, I did. While they went into the race owing an entry fee (or part of it), it still looked like a payout of $16m to me (I didn't add it all up).
While it may be the first one or only one with this large of an entry fee that doesn't have to be on the counter before the start of the race, it is far from the only one. Most don't require it to be on account for everything other than the Triple Crown and Breeders' Cup races .
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If they never paid the fee and it wasn't paid out, that isn't a purse to me. Like I've said, may as well make it a billion a horse with this kind of accounting.
The money was never in play. I said this in the past and that was before I knew they didn't really pay the entry fee, just a fraction of it. Not only was the money never in play, it wasn't even real. And that doesn't even count the three horses that were added late as Stronach entries. The whole thing was a sham.
