How is the horse race purse split?

Answer 1

It's pretty complicated. Let's say there's a total purse of $5 million. Half (say) comes from the track. That's split up according to order of finish--the winner gets the most, the driver who blew up on Lap 2 gets the least. Then there are contingency awards. You get them for doing certain things...like, Heinz could give $1000 to the driver leading on Lap 57, or T-Mobile (who has the My 10 plan that allows unlimited calling to 10 numbers you choose) could give $100 to any driver that led exactly 10 laps. To be eligible for a contingency plan award you have to run that company's sticker, which explains a lot of the smaller decals on the cars. After they add up all the contingency awards and such, it's possible for the fifth-place driver to earn more money than the winner. That usually doesn't happen, but in midfield it's real common to see drivers make more money than drivers who finished ahead of them.

Answer 2

10% GOES TO JOCKY 5%goes to trainer