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Danny Derby
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Just pointing out again given the high nomination fee (and entry fees on top of that) that these purses are actually pretty low. Hope this can be reviewed for Y54.
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Em mentioned dropping overall purses for stakes races in the near future. Guessing the Pegasus will be unaffected which should make it a bit more fair.
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Dylan Christensen wrote: 4 years ago Em mentioned dropping overall purses for stakes races in the near future. Guessing the Pegasus will be unaffected which should make it a bit more fair.
Dropping other purses doesn't make a $100K nomination fee to run for $1.5M-$2M any more correct.
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Danny Derby wrote: 4 years ago
Dylan Christensen wrote: 4 years ago Em mentioned dropping overall purses for stakes races in the near future. Guessing the Pegasus will be unaffected which should make it a bit more fair.
Dropping other purses doesn't make a $100K nomination fee to run for $1.5M-$2M any more correct.
It reflects real life conditions fairly well I think would be the argument.
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Dylan Christensen wrote: 4 years ago
Danny Derby wrote: 4 years ago
Dylan Christensen wrote: 4 years ago Em mentioned dropping overall purses for stakes races in the near future. Guessing the Pegasus will be unaffected which should make it a bit more fair.
Dropping other purses doesn't make a $100K nomination fee to run for $1.5M-$2M any more correct.
It reflects real life conditions fairly well I think would be the argument.
So are you advocating for a significant entry fee increase across the board to match real life conditions?
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Danny Derby wrote: 4 years ago
Dylan Christensen wrote: 4 years ago
Danny Derby wrote: 4 years ago

Dropping other purses doesn't make a $100K nomination fee to run for $1.5M-$2M any more correct.
It reflects real life conditions fairly well I think would be the argument.
So are you advocating for a significant entry fee increase across the board to match real life conditions?
No definitely not, I wouldn’t run in the Pegasus because of the significant risk. I’m just saying I guess I understand what they’re doing with it.
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Danny Derby wrote: 4 years ago
Dylan Christensen wrote: 4 years ago
Danny Derby wrote: 4 years ago

Dropping other purses doesn't make a $100K nomination fee to run for $1.5M-$2M any more correct.
It reflects real life conditions fairly well I think would be the argument.
So are you advocating for a significant entry fee increase across the board to match real life conditions?
Real life stake entry fees are 1% just like real life
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Joseph Depaulo wrote: 4 years ago
Danny Derby wrote: 4 years ago
Dylan Christensen wrote: 4 years ago

It reflects real life conditions fairly well I think would be the argument.
So are you advocating for a significant entry fee increase across the board to match real life conditions?
Real life stake entry fees are 1% just like real life
Nominations, pre-entry and entry fees mean that the SIM is getting about a 50% discount on where entry fees should be compared to real life.
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In the past there used to b a way to find the nominees. Is that available and if so how do I find it.
PS - Stay out of the Pegasus - it is expensive and unfair. And then I will have a better chance in it :D
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Pepper Carol wrote: 4 years ago In the past there used to b a way to find the nominees. Is that available and if so how do I find it.
PS - Stay out of the Pegasus - it is expensive and unfair. And then I will have a better chance in it :D
Pepper in the search function, near the bottom, there is a nominations dropdown. You can select Pegasus and it will show you all of them.
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I do agree with Danny's point, the nomination fee versus the purse is rather skewed when compared to the TC or SC. The Sim isn't a perfect mirror of real life so I think the fee should line up more with the rest of the nomination fees in the game.
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As someone that has competed in them a lot I don’t mind the fee , it keeps the field size down and gives me a better chance at a return on my investment and makes my horse look better as in hey look this earned X amount racing . So to me I am basically transferring my money from my bank to my horses stats .
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