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![]() A nearly 40% decrease in the combined pool size compared to last year.
YEAR Pool 1 2014 $380,249 2013 $621,493 2012 $631,304 2011 $592,492 2010 $466,048 2009 $478,721 ** 2008 $439,379 ** 2007 $520,688 2006 $552,627 ** 2005 $620,362 2004 $536,958 ** 2003 $516,906 ** 2002 $577,889 ** 2001 $510,815 ** 2000 $465,454 ** 1999 $267,748 ** (from http://www.kentuckyderby.com/racing-...-wager/history ) Figs are the combined win and exacta pools beginning with 2010. Before that there was just a win pool. --Dunbar
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Curlin and Hard Spun finish 1,2 in the 2007 BC Classic, demonstrating how competing in all three Triple Crown races ruins a horse for the rest of the year...see avatar photo from REUTERS/Lucas Jackson |