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Originally Posted by cj
That isn't the same thing. The money is actually up for grabs. That isn't the case for the Pegasus. About half the money is never in play. Listing the purse at 16 million is fake, as are the earnings the horses will be credited with after the race. Surely you can see that.
Like I said, it has turned out to be a great race and the purse is better than the Classic in reality. I just don't see the point of making up fake numbers.
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The point is to prevent Dubai from claiming the title of world's richest race and to disincentivize them from further jacking up the DWC purse.