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Title: Miami Valley purses are the best around!
Post by: wizardofoz on April 02, 2025, 02:15:21 PM
The NW4Pm at Miami Valley is $19,500 vs. $9000 at Harrington and most other tracks. Why is Miami Valley so rich in purses?  The horses show inflated lifetime earnings as well when being sold.
Title: Re: Miami Valley purses are the best around!
Post by: bello on April 02, 2025, 02:19:20 PM
Combine a short meet with Casino welfare and   voila

Title: Re: Miami Valley purses are the best around!
Post by: silent one on April 02, 2025, 02:25:46 PM
   Kentucky Downs runs, I believe, a seven day meet. Maidens go for $170,000. The shorter the meet, the bigger the purses, at welfare tracks.

     Sincerely, Silent One
Title: Re: Miami Valley purses are the best around!
Post by: wizardofoz on April 02, 2025, 02:34:43 PM
At Rosecroft the NW4PM goes for $7500.
Title: Re: Miami Valley purses are the best around!
Post by: bello on April 02, 2025, 02:41:56 PM
At Rosecroft the NW4PM goes for $7500.

No onsite casino revenue. Kentucky Downs perfect comparison ( though electronic racing slots not real ones). If Miami Valley had an even shorter meet, purses would be even higher
Title: Re: Miami Valley purses are the best around!
Post by: Newt Lobell on April 02, 2025, 02:50:52 PM
To be honest, I think Miami Valley offers a good betting product. The Sunday afternoon cards are great.
Title: Re: Miami Valley purses are the best around!
Post by: bello on April 02, 2025, 03:02:07 PM
I'm sure they do. For some reason my ADW ( drf bets) doesnt take their wagers and I am reluctant to open up other adws
Title: Re: Miami Valley purses are the best around!
Post by: rainman2 on April 02, 2025, 03:26:20 PM
They race for purse checks!

When the gate opens, people leave/settle in and wait until the 2nd turn before any actions take place again.
                         
nobody parks anyone out.

 if you're racing from the back of the pack, you better hope for some 'cheap speed' to help your cause.
Title: Re: Miami Valley purses are the best around!
Post by: Hay 4 sail on April 02, 2025, 04:01:30 PM
  Might be great purses but a snooze fest between races. No handicapping whatsoever. Post parade, Calls race, race results thats it.
Title: Re: Miami Valley purses are the best around!
Post by: Newt Lobell on April 02, 2025, 04:21:27 PM
They race for purse checks!

When the gate opens, people leave/settle in and wait until the 2nd turn before any actions take place again.
                         
nobody parks anyone out.

 if you're racing from the back of the pack, you better hope for some 'cheap speed' to help your cause.

That's pretty common at most tracks unfortunately. But if you look at the prices this past Sunday, the prices were really good. Now this could be an anomaly, as I have only been playing for the past few weeks, Sunday only.
Title: Re: Miami Valley purses are the best around!
Post by: rainman2 on April 02, 2025, 04:24:02 PM
That's pretty common at most tracks unfortunately. But if you look at the prices this past Sunday, the prices were really good. Now this could be an anomaly, as I have only been playing for the past few weeks, Sunday only.

This is a 5/8 mile track so it's more noticeable compared to a 1/2 mile track.

I'm not sure of this, but no passing lane also.

Can someone please confirm this?
Title: Re: Miami Valley purses are the best around!
Post by: Grandstand Handicapper on April 02, 2025, 04:31:32 PM
This is a 5/8 mile track so it's more noticeable compared to a 1/2 mile track.

I'm not sure of this, but no passing lane also.

Can someone please confirm this?

Not the last time I was there (no passing lane).....unless they added one since then.

I always had high hopes for MV since VLT's were approved. The JV between CD and Delaware North Companies were supposed to buy Lebanon Raceway (the Nixon and Carlo families wanted to sell), and the JV of course wanted to transfer the license and racing to a new facility. I am guessing this was about 12 years ago or so.
Title: Re: Miami Valley purses are the best around!
Post by: Newt Lobell on April 02, 2025, 04:40:56 PM
This is a 5/8 mile track so it's more noticeable compared to a 1/2 mile track.

I'm not sure of this, but no passing lane also.

Can someone please confirm this?

No passing lane.
Title: Re: Miami Valley purses are the best around!
Post by: Bitter Truth on April 02, 2025, 06:34:35 PM
$39k open trot coming up. Tops in the business. Even Yonkers, I believe. tmbz1
Title: Re: Miami Valley purses are the best around!
Post by: wizardofoz on April 02, 2025, 07:40:44 PM
Selling a horse racing there by touting the INFLATED money won is something the buyer must realize as CLASS of the horse is what counts.
Title: Re: Miami Valley purses are the best around!
Post by: SPREE2015 on April 02, 2025, 11:53:58 PM
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