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Originally Posted by jay68802
I looked and found that if the horse is declared a non starter, he is also running for purse only. So in this case, the horse was awarded the purse money for his finish position, but was not included in the pari-mutuals.
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No I disagree with this. A purse money only situation would be if there was a dual entry and one of the horses got scratched before the race. Then in that case the entry runs for purse money only. In a gate malfunction type situation or an unfair start then that horse would be declared a non starter with no shot at purse money even if the horse completed the race. This happened not so long ago at Kentucky Downs where an entire race was refunded because all the horses were not loaded into the gate before the race started. All bets refunded and zero purse money distributed.
