Most of the money in the pool is from simulcasting dollars. The horsemen signed a deal for very low simulcast sharing dollars many years ago. The people I hold responsible for this….let's just say I have zero respect for to this day. Total lack of foresight and a sell out to Ohio horsemen, in my humble opinion.
When is the deal up?I believe the drivers get $15 minimum if the horse gets a check. They get a tiny percentage of simulcasting dollars, exactly what it is, I have forgotten. Someone else will have to answer when the deal is up-that is beyond my scope of knowledge.
Do they get anything from the simulcasting money at all?
Someone is making money that's for sure.
when the driver of a 5th place horse makes 4 dollars in a race with 95000$ in the pools its hard to believe.
When the pools are 65 times the purse would think it would be tempting to have lack of integrity for some.
I do not follow it enough to really know about that.
But it would always be in the back of my mind if I followed the track.
I believe the drivers get $15 minimum if the horse gets a check. They get a tiny percentage of simulcasting dollars, exactly what it is, I have forgotten. Someone else will have to answer when the deal is up-that is beyond my scope of knowledge.
It's a big problem here in IL also. Only a minimal amount of the ADW go to the purse account, yet it accounts for the largest part of the handle. I know when it first started obviously the tracks and horsemen didn't know what to expect. Are these contracts eternal? Unless the horsemen demand a reasonable cut, the sport is dead. We all know those slot dollars will in time go away. Where is the USTA? One would think that unless all tracks and horsemen demand a fair share and stick to it, we are screwed.
Once again, the minimum the drivers get is $15 if the horse gets a check. That would put the total driver's money to well over $100 for the race....$105 to be exact.
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It's a big problem here in IL also. Only a minimal amount of the ADW go to the purse account, yet it accounts for the largest part of the handle. I know when it first started obviously the tracks and horsemen didn't know what to expect. Are these contracts eternal? Unless the horsemen demand a reasonable cut, the sport is dead. We all know those slot dollars will in time go away. Where is the USTA? One would think that unless all tracks and horsemen demand a fair share and stick to it, we are screwed.
So you're saying the OHHA made a good deal on simulcasting? slaphead noway
I was long gone even 20 years ago. I left in 1991.
GARY! The OHHA nor the tracks made a deal over the simulcasting! 4pezz2 4pezz2
And further more, when you were here 15 years ago was ANYONE bitching about it? And why not?
Tracks all need to lower the takeout and charge more for their signal.
I didn't mean to rattle your cage Amy.
I still don't understand fully though why Northfield of all the tracks seems to be the one with the biggest disparity.
For instance RCR races go for between 4500-10000.
With the pools ( total) for most races falling somewhere in the same region.
I guess I have a learning disability though!
Feel bad for the horseman running there.
SOMEONE is making a lot of money.
It isn't the horsemen.
They race a lot of days.
They race a lot of days.Years ago NFLD used to close a couple of months a year and the horsemen went to different venues. The cheaper stock usually went to Raceway and the better stock to the Meadows. At the time the Meadows would race double headers on Sat. Then also race on sundays too. There were plenty of races to get your horses in at the Meadows.
I actually think I am the one who rattled Amy's cage. I love Amy, and I certainly know what buttons to push.
She knows I have absolutely zero respect for a certain person in Ohio and for some reason, she happens to like the guy. I'm thinking she just hasn't known the snake long enough. ;D
She knows I have absolutely zero respect for a certain person in Ohio and for some reason, she happens to like the guy.
GARY! The OHHA nor the tracks made a deal over the simulcasting! 4pezz2 4pezz2
And further more, when you were here 15 years ago was ANYONE bitching about it? And why not?
I didn't mean to rattle your cage Amy.. Does Rosecroft race 214 days 14 races a day ?
I still don't understand fully though why Northfield of all the tracks seems to be the one with the biggest disparity.
For instance RCR races go for between 4500-10000.
With the pools ( total) for most races falling somewhere in the same region.
I guess I have a learning disability though!
Feel bad for the horseman running there.
SOMEONE is making a lot of money.
It isn't the horsemen.
. Does Rosecroft race 214 days 14 races a day ?