Churchill ups Foster purse to $1 million

Originally Posted by VOL JACK

Leave it CHD to screw their everyday owners out of 20% of the original purse. Citing that they have to because of the horsemans stance with the signal being withheld. However, they can bump a purse by 250k to attract a horse that the trainer has been saying for weeks that hes planning to run.

Just dont see how they manage to fucl< up every decison they make. Even when there isnt an issue that needs a decision.

Because they have a tech guy running the company now. Not that Meeker was worth a bottle of piss, mind you.

He should be fired for wasting money on that retarded OTB style video on Twinspires. He must think the majority of Twinspires account holders are on T1 connections.

[justindew]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

Because they have a tech guy running the company now. Not that Meeker was worth a bottle of piss, mind you.

He should be fired for wasting money on that retarded OTB style video on Twinspires. He must think the majority of Twinspires account holders are on T1 connections.

You have no idea how much it cost to "create" that new feature. And you act as if account holders have no other option when watching video on the site.

Originally Posted by justindew

You have no idea how much it cost to "create" that new feature. And you act as if account holders have no other option when watching video on the site.

I have an idea of how much it cost and quite frankly you have no idea that I have an idea of what it cost. I know it was an unnecessary addition to the site at this time and that what they spent to implement it could've been used for essential upgrades like the brand of toilet paper they use at their facilities. The stuff they have now is like razor blades.

[FGFan]

Back in late January/early February when Curlin was nominated for the Mineshaft here at the Fairgrounds, they were also deciding if he would go to Dubai. So CD offered to make the Mineshaft purse a million if he would run here.

Since they have now upped the Foster purse to a million, I am thinking when the deal was being made it was offered to have Curlin make his first run in the US after the HOY at ANY CD property.
Just a guess...I'll stay out of the rest of this now. Carry on....

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by FGFan

Back in late January/early February when Curlin was nominated for the Mineshaft here at the Fairgrounds, they were also deciding if he would go to Dubai. So CD offered to make the Mineshaft purse a million if he would run here.

Since they have now upped the Foster purse to a million, I am thinking when the deal was being made it was offered to have Curlin make his first run in the US after the HOY at ANY CD property.
Just a guess...I'll stay out of the rest of this now. Carry on....

Stay in. The rest of this is nonsense. There's a story buried in this thread that needs to be resurrected.

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by FGFan

Back in late January/early February when Curlin was nominated for the Mineshaft here at the Fairgrounds, they were also deciding if he would go to Dubai. So CD offered to make the Mineshaft purse a million if he would run here.

Since they have now upped the Foster purse to a million, I am thinking when the deal was being made it was offered to have Curlin make his first run in the US after the HOY at ANY CD property.
Just a guess...I'll stay out of the rest of this now. Carry on....

I could understand the Fairgrounds purse being upped. At that time, there was a decision yet to be made as to whether he'd run there or prep in Dubai. This one is different. I don't know how probable it is that any deal was made to have him make his first US run at a CD property but I suppose that is possible. And that's exactly what they were going to do by running in the Foster, whether they raised the purse or not. The raising of the purse has nothing to do with drawing Curlin.

[FGFan]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

I could understand the Fairgrounds purse being upped. At that time, there was a decision yet to be made as to whether he'd run there or prep in Dubai. This one is different. I don't know how probable it is that any deal was made to have him make his first US run at a CD property but I suppose that is possible. And that's exactly what they were going to do by running in the Foster, whether they raised the purse or not. The raising of the purse has nothing to do with drawing Curlin.

It has everything to do with Curlin, did you read the article Ateam posted?

http://www.drf.com/news/article/95158.html
In an overt attempt to secure Curlin as a starter, Churchill Downs announced Wednesday that the purse for the Grade 1 Stephen Foster Handicap on June 14 has been increased to $1 million from the original $750,000 level.

They made the first deal in NOLA and now it's the same thing in Kentucky. They want Curlin to make his 2008 debut in the US at a CD property.

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by FGFan

It has everything to do with Curlin, did you read the article Ateam posted?

http://www.drf.com/news/article/95158.html
In an overt attempt to secure Curlin as a starter, Churchill Downs announced Wednesday that the purse for the Grade 1 Stephen Foster Handicap on June 14 has been increased to $1 million from the original $750,000 level.

They made the first deal in NOLA and now it's the same thing in Kentucky. They want Curlin to make his 2008 debut in the US at a CD property.

I think the bottom half of the article is the focus here, namely, the all-time money record. Its basically the only reason Curlin is still racing...you know, aside from the sporting gesture of letting all his North American fans get a final glimpse of him...via satellite.

It's likely that Curlin won't be coming out for the BC because of synthetics, so he needs to race a couple of more times to garner that monumental achievement.

As cool as it sounds for his future starts to possibly include the Arc de Triomphe or the Japan Cup, what's the likelihood his connections are actually going to go through with this? I say zilch. Its much more likely that another rich cakewalk will be engineered to ensure his ascension to pseudo-greatness.

I wonder what the purse of the Clark Handicap, also at CD, will end up being later this fall.

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by FGFan

It has everything to do with Curlin, did you read the article Ateam posted?

http://www.drf.com/news/article/95158.html
In an overt attempt to secure Curlin as a starter, Churchill Downs announced Wednesday that the purse for the Grade 1 Stephen Foster Handicap on June 14 has been increased to $1 million from the original $750,000 level.

They made the first deal in NOLA and now it's the same thing in Kentucky. They want Curlin to make his 2008 debut in the US at a CD property.

It has nothing to do with Curlin. Curlin has been on a course for this race for quite a while now. Well before this announcement was made. The rewriting of the conditions also states that the were will be an increase of $250k if ANY grade one winners show up. So if Curlin doesn't run but say Student Council or Brass Hat do, it's still a $1 million race. The Fairgrounds deal was an attempt to lure Curlin. But this one isn't because he was already going there. It would be like Belmont saying that if Big Brown runs Saturday, they'll raise the purse of the race.

Well, in a way, it does have something to do with Curlin but not in the way you are suggesting. This is not a "lure" increase. This is a "thank you for coming" increase. If they announced tomorrow that the purse wasn't going to be increased, he'd still be running there.