Just as I expected--here is the answer to the negative purse structure.

While the track's contribution to purses stayed nearly level with 2005's Fall Meet, showing a 2.6 percent decline, total available purse money for the 2006 meet dropped 8.7 percent to $3,577,420. The drop reflects a concerted effort in the 2005 Fall Meet to pay down a balance of Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund monies accumulated during cancellations in the 2005 Winter/Spring Meet.