Michael-- I don't adjust the figures for the purse or use pars of any kind. What I meant was, stake horses are treated differently than other horses-- more time between races, given time off between campaigns, not run with problems most of the time. As a result, they run their race a much higher percentage of the time than other horses-- when you look at this weekend's stakes, count the times the stake horses have either run their previous tops or new ones, this year. You won't find too many (or probably any) situations where nobody runs at least their previous top-- and in this case, if you did it any other way, not only would that have been true, but 6 horses would have run exactly or almost exactly the same AMOUNT off their previous (or recent) top, which is beyond unlikely.