The problem is with the purses at Turfway and Ellis. If the purses were 75% of Churchill and Keeneland then most trainers would stay for at least the winter meet at Turfway. Now Ellis is a different story since a few of the KY trainers like Biancone and Romans have the stock to somewhat compete* at Saratoga.

Ellis has really suffered in most part for being owned by a company that wanted to kill the product to begin with so Arlington could thrive. A freakin' Fairmount park trainer won the title this year by seven wins.

The 7th race on Mondays card summed up the meet concerning the quality of racing. If you have the time check out the replay.


*I don't know what happened to Romans this summer. He must have stepped in front of a black cat.