You would think so, wouldn't you. But racing prizemoney is heavily weighted in favour of winners. Spartacus has had 4 winners already and look at how he's going. Here's what you got on the weekend:

Catechuchu $36,000
Perfect Persuasion $9,000
Total $45,000

If both of those horses had won instead of finishing 2nd and 3rd, you would have got $180,000.