The turnover, amounting to about $2 billion a year, is reinvested in racing and breeding, resulting in attractively high purses and breeders' premiums.
As a result of the high purses, many young golfers are willing to tax their bodies in order to have 5 good seasons, which will be enough to set them up for life.
Poor old Marquez, who is surely one of the top five Mexicans of all time, is just there to get punched and paid a career-high purse.
The Sky publicity machine will be at full throttle when the first victim is selected and that man, who should get a career-high purse, is unlikely to be as comical as Harrison's debut opponent, Mike Middleton, who was a wonderful fall guy.
His previous highest purse was $85,000.
The Bolton-based Fury is no stranger to postponements and cancellations, having been twice frustrated by David Haye's failure to recover from injury before high-profile, high-purse events.
Higher purses attract better horses and better racing, which, in turn, produces a higher betting handle.
Zuckerman also spoke about the need for higher purses and safer tracks.
The three tracks run by the New York Racing Association -- Belmont, Aqueduct and Saratoga -- already offer some of the highest purses in the country.
"We have the most racing dates and offer the highest purses," said Chris McErlean, vice president and general manager of the Meadowlands Race Track.
But it is Mosley who gets the attention, Mosley whose name tops the rankings and Mosley who can demand the higher purses.
