U.S. Open vs. Santa Anita Derby
04-08-07, 05:20 PM
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U.S. Open vs. Santa Anita Derby
Did anyone else catch this paragraph at the tail end of the Velonews story on the U.S. Open? 
"The overall purse for the event was $40,000 - $30,000 for the men's race and $10,000 for the women. By contrast, the overall purse for the sporting event that followed the U.S. Open on NBC, the Santa Anita Derby horse race, had a purse of $750,000. The horse race was held under warm, sunny skies and lasted 1 and 1/8 miles."
https://www.velonews.com/race/dom/articles/12007.0.html
"The overall purse for the event was $40,000 - $30,000 for the men's race and $10,000 for the women. By contrast, the overall purse for the sporting event that followed the U.S. Open on NBC, the Santa Anita Derby horse race, had a purse of $750,000. The horse race was held under warm, sunny skies and lasted 1 and 1/8 miles."
https://www.velonews.com/race/dom/articles/12007.0.html
04-08-07, 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by backinthesaddle
Did anyone else catch this paragraph at the tail end of the Velonews story on the U.S. Open?
"The overall purse for the event was $40,000 - $30,000 for the men's race and $10,000 for the women. By contrast, the overall purse for the sporting event that followed the U.S. Open on NBC, the Santa Anita Derby horse race, had a purse of $750,000. The horse race was held under warm, sunny skies and lasted 1 and 1/8 miles."
https://www.velonews.com/race/dom/articles/12007.0.html
"The overall purse for the event was $40,000 - $30,000 for the men's race and $10,000 for the women. By contrast, the overall purse for the sporting event that followed the U.S. Open on NBC, the Santa Anita Derby horse race, had a purse of $750,000. The horse race was held under warm, sunny skies and lasted 1 and 1/8 miles."
https://www.velonews.com/race/dom/articles/12007.0.html
04-08-07, 08:59 PM
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Well considering a winning horse can have stud fees that range from $50,000 to $500,000 the prize money isn't a big surprise...horse racing is big big bucks my friend.
04-08-07, 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by El Diablo Rojo
Well considering a winning horse can have stud fees that range from $50,000 to $500,000 the prize money isn't a big surprise...horse racing is big big bucks my friend.
Back in the day, Secretariat's initial offering was $100,000 ! Unfortunately, his performance in the breeding shed never lived up to his performance on the track...
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Originally Posted by El Diablo Rojo
Well considering a winning horse can have stud fees that range from $50,000 to $500,000 the prize money isn't a big surprise...horse racing is big big bucks my friend.
Svein Tuft is a horse. I wonder what his stud fee value is now.
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When people will pay to watch a road bike race, then the winnings might go up.
The whole thing looked to be one big gigantic ad for Virginia and Richmond toruism and since (as I recall) all the ads were for Williamsburg, or Virginia, or Richmond, or talking about their various bike trails, it looked to be a time buy. I do not recall seeing one "normal" ad (like maybe Gatorade, or Nike, or Charles Schwab or something...).
I enjoyed watching it. But my guess is that most of the cash came from the various tourism groups in that area.
The whole thing looked to be one big gigantic ad for Virginia and Richmond toruism and since (as I recall) all the ads were for Williamsburg, or Virginia, or Richmond, or talking about their various bike trails, it looked to be a time buy. I do not recall seeing one "normal" ad (like maybe Gatorade, or Nike, or Charles Schwab or something...).
I enjoyed watching it. But my guess is that most of the cash came from the various tourism groups in that area.
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Originally Posted by El Diablo Rojo
Well considering a winning horse can have stud fees that range from $50,000 to $500,000 the prize money isn't a big surprise...horse racing is big big bucks my friend.
04-09-07, 06:49 AM
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How much does Svein Tuft charge for stud fees?
My wife and I are thinking about adding another to the brood and I was hoping for better cycling genes.
My wife and I are thinking about adding another to the brood and I was hoping for better cycling genes.
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Originally Posted by roadwarrior
The whole thing looked to be one big gigantic ad for Virginia and Richmond toruism and since (as I recall) all the ads were for Williamsburg, or Virginia, or Richmond, or talking about their various bike trails, it looked to be a time buy. I do not recall seeing one "normal" ad (like maybe Gatorade, or Nike, or Charles Schwab or something...).
