NYRA increases purses

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Originally Posted by SniperSB23

If they want to attract the quality 3yos they'll have to bump the purses on the Whirlaway, Gotham, and Wood to the level of the 3yo preps at Oaklawn. As long as the Whirlaway is ungraded and the Gotham doesn't have enough money to get you in the Derby they'll have a tougher time keeping top 3yos.

People are never going to leave top 3YOs in NY during the winter because of the weather.

The question is whether they can entice more people to stay in NY, because of the purses, with horses in general and thus have bigger fields ( which obviously stimulates betting and thus increases purses more down the road ). Frankly, I have no idea why people race cheaper horses in Florida during the winter.