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remainder of the prize carried over to next year’s kitty.
In addition to the bonus purse awaiting series contenders, each race in the group offers a substantial purse to the field. At Fairfax, the Bowman Bowl, set at three miles over that righthanded course is worth $7,500.
Runners could instead choose to run in the three-mile E.D. Vere Nicoll Memorial the next day at Foxfield for the same purse. The 3 1/2-mile International, however, is worth a hefty $25,000, raising the tally to stakes level. The fourmile Virginia Hunt Cup also carries stakes status with the $35,000 purse.
Weights are expected to again affect fields in the series events, as they did in the initial two years of timber’s triple crown. Fairfax and Foxfield’s races are run under allowance conditions -horses which have won fewer races carry fewer pounds, while winners (of any sanctioned races) in ’93 carry three pounds extra for each race won, up to 175 pounds total. The International is run strictly weight for age - up to 165 pounds, total, for 6-year-olds and up.
It is when series participants get to the Hunt Cup down at Montpelier that their successes are heavily penalized. Pointsearners in ’93 series races carry a pound extra per point, on top of the similar weight for age scale. In addition, winners of any other race this year carry two pounds more; winners of two carry four extra with winners of three carrying six pounds more.
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