Carl
14th June 2001, 11:01.06 AM
Mountaineer is cooking! Got the following off of Derby List .
"Just in case some of you missed this one on the Backstretch Buzz from
Equibase.
Director of racing Rosemary Williams announced that average daily purse
distribution will increase to $142,000 effective June 17. Williams
attributes the increase to higher simulcast and video lottery revenues. Only
five years ago the average daily purses were $22,000. The bottom level will
become $9,800 with open allowance fields going after $37,800 pots. With over
two hundred current simulcast outlets receiving the Mountaineer signal,
future bumps in purses are expected. "
later,
Carl
"Just in case some of you missed this one on the Backstretch Buzz from
Equibase.
Director of racing Rosemary Williams announced that average daily purse
distribution will increase to $142,000 effective June 17. Williams
attributes the increase to higher simulcast and video lottery revenues. Only
five years ago the average daily purses were $22,000. The bottom level will
become $9,800 with open allowance fields going after $37,800 pots. With over
two hundred current simulcast outlets receiving the Mountaineer signal,
future bumps in purses are expected. "
later,
Carl