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Originally Posted by judehaz
Thank you in advance for your insight, PA.
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The meet is short for basically two reasons:
1. It is sandwiched between Ellis Park and Churchill Downs, which now runs the dates formerly held by Turfway Park. There is NO overlap of dates in Kentucky TB racing because the tracks cooperate.
2. As pointed out in other posts on the thread, the course could not handle much more racing over the course of the 10 days the meet runs.
They leave a few days at the end for make-up days due to rain outs before the Churchill Downs meeting starts.
Also, as pointed out in earlier threads, purses are high because of HHR (Historical Horse Racing) revenue, and KTDF (Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund) revenue. Those revenues build up all year and can be disbursed over a short period, leading to high supplements. For example race 6 on 9/1 had a base purse of $85,000 and a KTDF supplement of $75,000 for a total purse of $160,000. The featured Tapit Stakes had a $400,000 purse including $200,000 KTDF funds.
