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THE EARNINGS BOX

The earnings box has been a fatality of contemporary racing.

With purse inflation, a proliferation of stakes, state-bred premium programs, and the faster development of younger horses the trends of the times, money-won is no longer a reliable index of ability. It's just as much a happenstance of circumstance. Racegoers who continue to depend upon gross earnings, average earnings, and average purse values to make class distinctions have been out of step with a changing game.