PRX up Cotillion to $1 million; Adds to PA Derby Day card

[NTamm1215]

The recently finalized stakes package, 26 stakes worth $5.3 million, includes a $250,000 bump to the Cotillion for 3-year-old fillies. Now a Grade 1 race for the first time, the $1 million Cotillion will be part of a blockbuster four-stakes package on Sept. 22 that also includes the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby, the $300,000 Gallant Bob for 3-year-old sprinters, and the $75,000 Alphabet Soup at 1 1/16 miles on turf for Pennsylvania-breds.

http://www.drf.com/news/parx-racing-...mped-1-million

[ShadowRoll]

I appreciate the news, but no amount of purse increase will make it worthwhile to bet in a state with some of the highest takeout rates in the nation.

[Powderfinger]

A great day of racing at the Parx. Thank you Smarty Jones.

Funny though how they moved the Cotillion to a grade 1, but left the PA Derby as a grade 2.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Powderfinger

A great day of racing at the Parx. Thank you Smarty Jones.

Funny though how they moved the Cotillion to a grade 1, but left the PA Derby as a grade 2.

apparently the GSC didn't feel the pa derby had had sufficient top horses running to bump it up. i'd think that 50k bonus they're offering is an attempt by parx to change that.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Danzig

apparently the GSC didn't feel the pa derby had had sufficient top horses running to bump it up. i'd think that 50k bonus they're offering is an attempt by parx to change that.

They would be better off offering the 50k to members of the graded stakes committee.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

They would be better off offering the 50k to members of the graded stakes committee.

true. i feel they'd have been better off adding to the bonus and putting a little less toward the cotillion....but your idea does sound like a good one.

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by ShadowRoll

I appreciate the news, but no amount of purse increase will make it worthwhile to bet in a state with some of the highest takeout rates in the nation.

Presque Isle Downs has just reduced the trifecta take to 25 from 26 percent, 25 percent from 29 percent for the superfecta, and 23 percent from 26 percent in the Pick 3, Pick 4, and Pick 6 wagering this meet.

At least one Casino rich track in this state is willing to merely try to rob the bettor instead of outright rape him or her. Bravo.

[Rudeboyelvis]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Presque Isle Downs has just reduced the trifecta take to 25 from 26 percent, 25 percent from 29 percent for the superfecta, and 23 percent from 26 percent in the Pick 3, Pick 4, and Pick 6 wagering this meet.

At least one Casino rich track in this state is willing to merely try to rob the bettor instead of outright rape him or her. Bravo.

Not to de-rail, but worthy of mention -

Canterbury Park reduced their takeout on P3 and P4 wagers to 14% for the meet - rolling P3's and 2 P4's each race day

[Heels1989]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

The recently finalized stakes package, 26 stakes worth $5.3 million, includes a $250,000 bump to the Cotillion for 3-year-old fillies. Now a Grade 1 race for the first time, the $1 million Cotillion will be part of a blockbuster four-stakes package on Sept. 22 that also includes the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby, the $300,000 Gallant Bob for 3-year-old sprinters, and the $75,000 Alphabet Soup at 1 1/16 miles on turf for Pennsylvania-breds.

http://www.drf.com/news/parx-racing-...mped-1-million

Doesn't this fall outside the 2 week period they run on the turf at Parx.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Heels1989

Doesn't this fall outside the 2 week period they run on the turf at Parx.

The turf currently looks like someone has been tossing grenades on it. I was at Parx briefly today and while watching a race at Will Rogers Downs with a degenerate friend, he pointed out how much better the turf course looked at WRD than Parx.

Of course WRD has no turf course...

[Powderfinger]

Originally Posted by Heels1989

Doesn't this fall outside the 2 week period they run on the turf at Parx.

Not using their turf course very often, does have its advantages. It poured there yesterday and there were only seven scratches throughout the entire card. Anywhere else it's not unusual to have seven scratches for one race with those weather conditions.

For a 2nd tier track, I like their menu. They don't bomb you with a plethora of statebreds. Their takeout rate is high, as people here mentioned, but I usually stick with WP and Pick 4 which are comparable to anywhere else.