At most smaller harness tracks $200 will guarantee the horse in question runs off the board..At the meadowlands $500-$1000 is the going rate...At NYRA tracks $500 will work in the lower class claimer ranks up to $2000 for a favorite to be "out".....Of course this is between the insiders..trainers ,owners.etc....and kept hush...Fact not fiction....sad but true..business is business..$$ talks...bull...walks....sorry to burst your bubble guys.... horse racing is the most fixed "sport" in the USA next to wrestling....