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Why?
Surely the priorities for increased prize money are listed and group 3 races on the flat and just about everything over jumps.
And does any race need to be worth a million.
Presumably it would be to foster a PR narrative whereby a small owner/syndicate is able to land a big prize although in practice, it will just encourage the larger operations to keep a lid on a few of their Group 3 and late developing types before aiming them at these races.
Hmmmm. Ballydoyle to target the age-old St Leger- Cesarewitch double with a Derby also-ran, perhaps?
Both races have maximum fields every year and with the Ces having a maximum rating of 110 it’s not like they are hoping that the best stayers will now head to Newmarket in october.
Headline grabbing nonsense.
The more prize money for our big races the better. British flat racing has to compete on an international stage, and too often falls back on the ‘prestige’ argument to make up for its financial shortcomings relative to other leading racing nations.
With more prize money for these staying Flat races, there’s even less reason/ incentive to send a horse over hurdles.
I’d actually like to see an incentive for more dual purpose horses; winning races at both Cheltenham and Royal Ascot, or winning Ascot Gold Cup – Champion/ Stayers Hurdle….., etcThe rich get richer – flat racing
The poor get poorer – jumpsAlso wasn’t there to supposed to be a huge boost in prize money to grass roots racing (as a result of the new Tote agreement for 2018?) I haven’t seen it so far
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