Dunbar On Saskatchewan Purse Split

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Published: October 12, 2010 12:51 pm EDT

Standardbred Canada Active Director Carole Dunbar has gone on the record regarding the way provincially-funded purse money is currently being split between the standardbred and thoroughbred industry in the province of

Saskatchewan.

In an article by The Star Phoenix, Dunbar, who is also the president of the Saskatchewan Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association, has said that the split is currently lopsided.

The article states that the Saskatchewan thoroughbred industry receives 72 per cent of the purses, while the standardbred industry gets only 28 per cent. Reportedly, the numbers used to be a little more even, as the thoroughbred industry had received 56 per cent and the standardbred industry 44 per cent.

In regard to whether horsepeople in the province are currently racing horses for profit, Dunbar was quick to the point. "If you were doing it for the money, it'd be a long bloody wait, that's for damn sure," she was quoted as saying.

According to the article, Dunbar realizes that much has to be done in order to get the purse distribution a little closer between both breeds.

"It's a terrible split. It really is," she was quoted as saying. "Unless they come up with more funding, we're kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place."

Marquis Downs will be hosting live cards of standardbred racing this coming Friday and Saturday. To view the results of the draw for each program, please click on the corresponding links listed below.

Friday
Saturday

(With files from The Star Phoenix)

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