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Greatest Horse Racing Purses

April 9, 2022 by admin

Horse Racing generates millions of rupees every year . Each horse race has some purse even its small or big . Amount is distributed among the owners according to their horse positions in the race . The winner of the horse racing receives “60% of the total purse” while 2nd place leader get a collective purse of $20% . But the purse get heavy with bigger horse racing event like “The Grand National” . Well today we have collected a data about the most horse racing purses .

Race	Total Purse
Dubai World Cup	$10 Million
Melbourne Cup	$6.4 Million
Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe	$5.4 Million
Breeders Cup Classic	$5 Million
Dubai Duty Free Stakes	$5 Million
Breeders Cup Turf	$3 Million
Breeders’ Cup Distaff	$2 Million
Breeders Cup Sprint	$2 Million
Kentucky Derby	$2 Million
The Grand National	$1.6 Million

Dubai World Cup : Total Purse ($10 Million) :

Dubai World Cup the biggest event of horse racing in a year . it held every year “Meydan Racecourse Dubai, United Arab Emirates”. The actual distance that horse riders has to cover during the race is “2,000 metres” . There are 2 category racing held “Flat racing and Thoroughbred”. In 2014 its African Story who leads this race its ride by the Jockey “Silvestre de Sousa” the owner of the horse is “Godolphin Racing” . There is a total purse of 10 million has been advanced for this event.

Melbourne Cup : Total Purse ($6.4 Million) :
Melbourne Cup the 2nd most heavy purse event for the horse racing teams . Here in Melbourne cup the purse is $6.2 million . The distance of the Melbourne cup is “3,200 metres” which is 1200 meters more then Dubai world cup. Here Thoroughbred and Flat racing both are held . The event is sponsored by the Emirates Airline . The event location is Flemington Racecourse Melbourne, Victoria, Australia .

Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe : Total Purse ($5.4 Million) :
This racing horse event took place in Longchamp Racecourse Paris, France . The purse of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe is $5.4 million and it might increase in 2015 . Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe won by the “Treve” its jockey Thierry Jarnet who win it 2 times in a row . The distance of the race is “2,400 metres” and surface is Turf.

Men and Women Sports Prize Money Gap

April 9, 2022 by admin

If we talk about equality in the prize money that is distributed among the male and female athletes you will find huge difference in the winners share and runner-up prize money . Lydia Ko who won couple of LPGA tournaments in year 2015 and ranked 1st in the women golf ranking as she finished in top 2 and 3 position in other events but still not made her name among the highest paid athletes in the world .\

Last year , Fifa Women football world cup held in Canada and the team of United States dominated the event but if we see the prize money as compared to men football world cup its 89% less. The total prize money suggested for the event is $15 million and winners of the tournament received USA women soccer team received $2 million . While the men team of Germany received the prize money ($35 million) a very much huge gap among the funds.

Tournaments	Female (Prize Money)	Male (Prize Money)
Fifa World Cup	$2 Million (winners share)	$35 Million (winners share)
Cricket World T20	$410,468	$1.6 Million
IAAF World Champs gold medal 2016	$61430	$61430
US Golf Open 2016	$810,000	$1.8 Million
Cliff Diving World Series	£3,100	£12,700
Darts BDO Championship	£12,000	£100,000
Football FA Cup	£5,000	£1.8 Million
Snooker World Championship	£1,500	£300,000
Squash World Championship	£12,300	£28,600
Surfing World Championship Tour	£37,600	£62,700
SKI Jumping World Cup	£2,000	£6,600
ICC Cricket World Cup	£47,000	£2.5 Million
Champions League (Football)	£199,000	£8.3 Million

Richest Jockeys of All Time

February 9, 2022 by admin

Its very difficult to maintain a winning form in the Horse racing but some people use to it . Some jockey’s in the world made headlines after winning horse racing derby’s in a row . One of the main person is the John Velazquez who is the richest and most earning Jockey’s of all time today . His earnings surprise number of people in the world who did not know much about Horse racing . We have listed some of the main flame jockeys who earned great success as Jockey.

Jockey	Age	Country	Earnings
John Velazquez	43	Puerto Rico	$307 Million
Pat Day	61	USA	$298 Million
Jerry Bailey	57	United States	$295 Million
Chris McCarron	59	United States	$264 Million
Laffit Pincay, Jr	67	Panama	$237 Million
Kent Desormeaux	44	United States	$220 Million
Edgar S. Prado	47	Peru	$220 Million
Ramon Dominguez	38	Venezuela	$60 Million
Frankie Dettori	43	Italy	$25 Million
Calvin Borel	48	USA	$22.5 Million

John Velazquez : Puerto Rico : Earnings ($307 Million) :
John Velazquez is one of the legends from Puerto Rico in Horse racing , He become the member of Horse Racing Hall of fame in 2012 . He is one of the best horse racing jockeys in the world .

Pat Day : United States : Earnings ($298 Million) :
Pat Day has achieved a great success as Jockey in 32 year of his career during this time period he is one of the top Jockeys in Horse Racing .

Jerry Bailey : United States : Earnings ($295 Million) :
Jerry D. Bailey is a retired American Hall of Fame jockey . He raced the thoroughbred stallion, Cigar, in the 1990s. See how much he earned all through from his career.

Surprising Facts About Royal Rumble

February 9, 2022 by admin

Top 10 Amazing Facts About Royal Rumble
Royal Rumble is always a special , entertaining wrestling entertainment . 30 men’s only one can survive till the end of the match , but there are some great facts about the Royal Rumble which you must know about it . Every time there is a some thing new happen , the winner of the Royal Rumble will get chance to fight for the main title match at Wrestle Mania .

Last Long (Record) in the Royal Rumble:
Very few WWE wrestlers who got a record of last long in the Royal Rumble , one of them is Shawn Michael , he is the first wrestler introduced in the ring he last long for 38:41 mins and in last he wins the Royal Rumble in 1995.

Friends Become Enemy:
Well there are some groups that worked as a team during the current matches , like Evolution , but when it comes to Royal Rumble only one thing that matter is to win it and stay as long as you can in the ring . Due to this friends or group members also fight with each other which later create rivalry . Ortan and Batista who has fight Royal Rumble 2005 were Evolution member but after Royal rumble they are best enemies of each other. Same situation take place with DX in which where Tripple H knocked-out Shawn Michael’s.

The Final Number:
What’s the final number , well it will be easier for the Wrestler who will make his entrance at the 30th number and its always a number one contender who wins a main event before getting listed for royal rumble.

Most Popular WWE Divas of All Time

February 9, 2022 by admin

WWE Divas really work hard to maintain their performance better after each match . Trish Stratus , Lita are one of the longest working WWE Divas . They have been part with wrestling since ear WWF . Trish Stratus becomes the most successful diva as she has won most of her matches and shares great rivalry with other wrestling divas.

Trish Stratus : Debut (April 14, 2000) : 7 Times (Diva Champion in WWE) :

Trish Stratus who made her debut in WWE since 14 April 2000 retired from Wrestling in 2006 but during this time period she is the one most successful WWE performer . She won the WWE Diva Championship 7 times . Later she become the member in Hall of Fame . She trained the other divas Micki James .

Lita : Debut (1999) : 4 Times (Diva Champion in WWE) :

Lita the most successful Wrestling diva working with the WWE since 1999 . She has a teamed with Hardy boyz in earlier period of time in her career . In 2014 she become the class of Hall of fame . She got a great career in Wrestling . She managed wrestlers like Edge , Matt Hardy and Kane .

Torrie Wilson : Debut (9 February 1999)

Torrie Wilson is a model , she joined WWF in 1999 and worked with the sports industry and on May 8, 2008 she retired from the Wrestling . She is ranked among the most hottest wwe stars of all time . She has managed super stars like X-Pac , Tripple H , and Kane during her career .

Mickie James : Debut (1999) : 6 Times (Diva Champion in WWE) :

Mickie James who is managed by Trish Stratus has got a much impressive career in WWE she has gained huge popularity in a small time and she won the WWE Women Championship 5 times and Diva’s 1 time but later 35 year has left WWE and join TNA .

Melina Perez : Debut (2001) : 5 Times (Diva Champion in WWE) :

Melina Perez is an american model she made her debut in 2001 , She is the on-screen girlfriend of the Johnny Nitro. She is listed among most beautiful Professional Wrestling Women’s in the world . She is managed 3 titles WWE Women champion and 2 titles diva championship.

Aj Lee : Debut (September 29, 2007) : 3 Times (Diva Champion in WWE) :

Aj Lee in a very less period of time she become the favorite of WWE fans . She gain skills from WWE NXT and made debut on the WWE and wins the women champion title . She receive her first award Slammy Award for Diva of the Year in 2012. In 2014 She is most paid wwe diva of all times.

Beth Phoenix : Debut (May 2001) : 4 Times (Diva Champion in WWE) :

Beth Phoenix (Canadian) wrestling diva in WWE she has won 4 times WWE diva title . She retired from Wrestling in the year 2012 . She has been very athletic in her Wrestling skills managed wrestlers like Chris Masters.

Natalya : Debut (May 2000) : 4 Times (Diva Champion in WWE) :

Natalya belongs to the Hart family , She is working with the WWE franchise since 2007 during this time period she outstanding in his wrestling skills . She comes to the WWE with the Hart Dynasty . She later married to the Tyson Kidd .

Nikki Bella : Debut (September 15, 2007) : 2 Times (Diva Champion in WWE) :

Nikki Bella is one of the main flame and new hottest diva of WWE since 2007, She has on-screen relationship with John Cena from “Total Diva” series . Nikki Bella received Slammy Award for Diva of the Year in 2013 with her sister Brie Bella .

Kelly Kelly : Debut (June 13, 2006) : 1 Time (Diva Champion in WWE) :

Kelly Kelly is working as Wrestling diva since 2006 . She managed to win WWE Divas championship title once . She is among most hottest athlete of all time . She received the Slammy Award for Divalicious Moment of the Year after winning her title in 2011 .