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April 12 and 19 next year Randwick will host the richest 2 days in Australian racing. The Queen Elizabeth Stakes prizemoney has sky rocketed from $500 000 to $4 million! This surpasses the Cox Plate as the richest WFA race in Australia. Ah the importance of having a % of the punting $ going back into racing, instead of having all the free loading blood sucking leeches there sucking the life blood out of racing.
Playing the devil’s advocate here. Obviously the ATC are trying to attract horses from overseas. I remember The BMW back in the 1980’s attracted horses like Washington DC International winner Le Glorieux and John Dunlop’s horse Highland Chieftain but after a few years the ex-STC canned the idea due to cost. I just wonder would you get the best of the best if one race was worth 1 million and increased to 4 million. The example I give of the Dubai World Cup. A $10 million race but the field each year is hardly the creme de la creme. My point is that by increasing prizemoney does not necessarily attract the best of the best. Look at the Cox Plate and winner ex-Maiden Seamus Award. Just an opinion.
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