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From Page 22 Turf Writers and the Temple Gwathmey. Though he won enough races to take the title, purse money in the early 60’s was a pittance compared to today’s regularly carded $ 100,000 stakes races.
In fact, Aitcheson’s wins in the eight Virginia Gold Cups carried no purse at all. For a ride in a race with no purse, Aitcheson said that his pay was “... $50 for a non-winning ride, $ 100 for a winner. Some owners would remember you a little better than that, but it was a hard living.”
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