For supplemental fees of $12 to $20 per course, one can enjoy Menes' take on diver scallops, truffle risotto, Berkshire pork belly and San Julian beef.
Riboletta, who was foaled in Brazil, would have to pay a supplemental fee of $400,000 to compete because her sire, Roi Normand, was not registered for the Breeders' Cup.
They paid a supplemental fee of $360,000 to enter Tiznow because he had not been registered for the Breeders' Cup at birth, but were rewarded for their gamble when the colt took the first prize of almost $2.5 million.
Another fallen star was Riboletta, the Brazilian mare whose owner paid a supplemental fee of $400,000 to enter her.
Only after graduating did she discover she was being charged a variable 13.25%, plus a "supplemental fee" of 6%.
There is no supplemental fee, except for additional meals, when residents move into the nursing home.
The Gatsas brothers are not alone in their gamble -- owners for 15 other Breeders' Cup entrants will pay supplemental fees to get their horses into one of the day's eight races, including the owner of Riboletta, the most formidable favorite of the day.
Keep in mind that, in addition to eventually accounting for both agents' paychecks, part of that percentage will also go toward covering supplemental fees like marketing and paperwork costs.
Extending these programs will also reduce the subsidy rate because both charge slightly higher supplemental fees to offset future losses.
The horses will run in eight races ranging from the six-furlong Sprint to the mile-and-a-half Turf, and the purses will total $15 million, counting extra money assigned from the supplemental fees charged to horses not registered for the Breeders' Cup at birth.
And it was still the buzz today when the horses were entered and Gentlemen was thrust against world-class rivals like Silver Charm and Skip Away for the biggest purse in racing, which grew to $5,120,000 with supplemental fees added.
