Gross purses in North America fell 5.9% in 2009. States that offered at least $1 million more in purse money in 2009 than in 2008, with percentage increase in parentheses, were Indiana (+49.2), Pennsylvania (+4.5%), Louisiana (+3.7%) and West Virginia (+2.3%).
Since 2005, Canadian purses have been converted to their equivalent amount in U.S. funds.
In some instances, total purses may not equal the sum of individual countries due to rounding.
Purses include monies not won and returned to state breeder or other funds, but do not include retroactive payments. In Puerto Rico, retroactive payments represent a significant part of total prize money distributed, totaling $4.1 million in 2009.
Sources: Equibase Company LLC and Hipodromo Camarero
