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and sponsored by petitioners. Attendance at the Breeders’ Cup
press-reception cocktail party and dinner is by invitation only,
and the expenses for food, beverages, and entertainment were
borne by petitioners. Employees of petitioners were in
attendance at the dinner. Attendance at the Breeders’ Cup press
breakfast is by invitation only, and the expenses for food,
beverages, and entertainment were borne by petitioners.
Employees of petitioners were also in attendance at the
breakfast.
Petitioners have found that the key to their success is
their ability to present quality races. Critical to the ability
to present quality races is the ability to offer high purse
levels to attract the best available horses, trainers, and
jockeys.
Petitioners allocated blocks of tickets to the Sport of
Kings parties to horsemen, sponsors, staff, city/county VIP’s,
racing VIP’s, racing officials, media representatives, and
others. More tickets were allocated to the media than to any
other category.
The Kentucky Derby items and amounts in issue are:
Amounts in Issue
Item 1994 1995
Sport of Kings Gala $114,375 $85,571
Press hospitality tent -0- 7,803
Derby winner’s party 17,500 -0-
Total 131,875 93,374
collectively referred to as Derby expenses.
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