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I don't use purse values in claiming races
A $10k claiming race with a purse of $8k at one track and $20k at another track I rate equally since the horse is worth $10k to seller and buyer.
My separations are California's scale of 20% difference between prices. 10k, 12,500, 16,000. etc.
I use the same scale for allowance, stakes and maiden special races, but use purse values.
These are important distinctions for me since I use the race/class ratings to make my Performance Class Ratings.
I used to use purse values until casinos and state bred races exaggerated the purses.
I compensate when making my ratings by downgrading State bred races 3 notches. A state bred $25k race is equal to a $12,500 open race. I also downgrade 2 notches for NW2 and one notch for NW3.
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