Prizemoney - when $5000 is really only $4480

[Messenger]

Everybody else probably already knew this but it just dawned on me tonight that with paying prizemoney so far down, when the fields are small - the advertised stake is not actually paid out.

My heading refers to R5 at Bendigo as an example. Because there was only 6 starters and the distribution is calculated on 10, the payout was only $4480 not $5000 - that is a 10% saving

No doubt, when the sums are done at the end of the season it will simply state what is actually paid out but with a high requirement of 10 starters it just strikes me that we are often not racing for what we actually state we are. It does not effect the winners % (which is generally half for $3500 races and an increasing % the higher the stakes) nor the % for any other runner but I wondered whether the unpaid amount when fields are small could not be split between 2nd and 3rd or some other scheme

With the largest race at Bendigo tonight being a field of 9, not one race paid out what it claims its stakemoney is

Nitpicking?

[aussiebreno]

Hey Kev,

I think there are treatments for insomnia.

Take it as a bonus that you only need to beat a handful of runners home in order to get prizemoney rather than needing to beat a full field home. Also generally lower turnover which is where the majority of prizemoney is generated from.

[Messenger]

Hey Kev,

I think there are treatments for insomnia.

Take it as a bonus that you only need to beat a handful of runners home in order to get prizemoney rather than needing to beat a full field home. Also generally lower turnover which is where the majority of prizemoney is generated from.

Insomnia? It was still early!

You don't have to worry about getting prizemoney for 6-10th all get the same anyway.

[Amlin]

Perhaps over the course of a season it all balances out...for example when a ninth race gets programmed because of extra noms or, under the current arrangements, a $7000 race may get divided to cover a $5000 race that might get deleted. So the money might not get given away on that specific Bendigo meet, but perhaps at Shep three months later.

[trish]

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