Disgraceful race

[Zaf]

Purse is pretty embarrassing too, didn't they used to run for double that ?

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by Zaf

Purse is pretty embarrassing too, didn't they used to run for double that ?

all the purses have been cut back there in recent years.

[cmorioles]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

all the purses have been cut back there in recent years.

So much for Zenyatta being such a boon to SoCal racing.

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

So much for Zenyatta being such a boon to SoCal racing.

probably has more to do with the 13% state income tax

[pointman]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

probably has more to do with the 13% state income tax

New York's is no bargain either. NY State is the most business unfriendly state in the nation.

[Zaf]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

all the purses have been cut back there in recent years.

Mostly follow NY, but IMHO, major graded stakes races should never be cut like that. When an OC 14000 at Belmont runs for 67K, I have to say Cal Racing is broken, what a shame

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by Zaf

Mostly follow NY, but IMHO, major graded stakes races should never be cut like that. When an OC 14000 at Belmont runs for 67K, I have to say Cal Racing is broken, what a shame

I assume you don't pay attention to business things in California but it is in the crapper, racing is and its decline is just a small offshoot of that.

[Zaf]

No I don't ,sorry to hear that, I am an East Coast guy and always loved the left coast.