I hv had this weird view for long...if a horse needs to buy a starter ticket..its chance of finishing in the money for what he is
in must be poor..that logic sounds great but was indefinite :
High Chaparral paid $ 180,000 in 2002 and collected $ 2,000,000 from the 2 wins in BC Turf (2002 & 2003). Tiznow paid
$ 360,000 in 2000 and earned for himsdelf $ 4,500,000 also from 2 wins in the Classic (2000 & 2001). Ouija Board settle a
$ 90,000 bill in 2004 and netted $ 2,800,000 from 3 years she had run in F/M Turf (1st 2004, 2nd 2005, 1st 2006). The past
HOY Skip Away also swallowed a bill of $ 480,000 to land the 1997 BC Classic for $ 2,300,000. One year later, in 1998,
Silver Charm wrote a check for the same supplemental fee and got $ 1,00,000 from his 2nd place in that year's Classic.
There were huge casualties too.. most startling was the "amphibious" star, Gentlemen, who threw his owner's $ 800,000
note into the soup in the 1998 Classic (10th). Then Starcraft repeated exactly that in the same event 7 years later, in 2005.
He finished out of the money 7th.
In total, $ 24 million went out as supplements and $ 36 million has come home. 32 parties (ex double count from
multiple starts) had pleased their connections while 101 parties (ex multiple starts) disappointed.
Here is the original article on BC website :
http://horseracing.about.com/library/we ... 01601a.htm
