The race purse was paid in cash, a popular move with the teams after the previous two years' payment issues.

That would mean that the winning connections would earn between $1,800,000 to $2,460,000 for the race purses and add an additional $5,000,000.

Most races here are for maidens or for claiming horses worth $5,000 or less, and typical race purses range from just $2,600 to $4,700.

But it requires that the tracks use 45 percent of their cut to increase race purses.

The total includes the race purses and a second bonus, with the tracks making up the difference.

The 2013 Kuskokwim 300 is scheduled to start on January 18, 2013 and includes an overall race purse of $110,000.

First, the three race purses should be increased.

The total race purse was also a record, over $300,000 for the first time.

Over the last three years, though, stallion prices plummeted and race purses soared.

At $50,000, the race purse is nearly double that of 1911.