did purse fall?
 

i always thought the fountain of youth purse was 750 thousand
its 400 today?am i wrong in thinking it was higher all these years?

Purse has increased to $400,000. Last few years has been between as low as $250k and up to $350k.

Florida Derby has been up to $1,000,000 and down to $750,000 in recent years. Lowest was in 1997, the last year of a long run at $500k before it was raised to $750 for 1998-2000. Then $1,000,000 2001-2008.