"Attorneys for Illinois horsemen and breeders presented arguments last week in a case that, if successful, will produce a significant boost in thoroughbred and standardbred purses. At issue is the state's failure to reimburse the horsemen's purse accounts after tracks remove dollars from those accounts, under a practice known as recapture, to subsidize their own operations. State law clearly states the Illinois General Assembly "shall appropriate sufficient funds" to reimburse the purse accounts for the amount of recapture taken. "