Typical Dover Downs WPS Pools

[sq764]

Still cannot find pick 4 pools, but here's a typical Mon night:

Dover Downs
Monday December 13, 2004

Win Place Show
1st 7,257 3,032 1,404
2nd 14,065 5,234 2,695
3rd 10,849 4,610 2,271
4th 7,945 3,410 1,581
5th 15,490 6,332 4,174
6th 11,922 4,225 2,148
7th 8,097 3,695 1,954
8th 14,638 6,616 3,141
9th 14,903 5,890 3,548
10th 14,512 6,107 3,077
11th 8,415 2,879 1,557
12th 9,763 4,049 1,880
13th 10,990 3,554 3,481
14th 6,174 2,484 1,634
15th 8,259 2,782 1,313
Totals 163,279 64,899 35,858

[cj]

It seems a lot of things have changed at Dover Downs since a spent a few frigid nights there in the early 90s, but the size of the betting pools isn't one of them! :D

[sq764]

Originally posted by cj
It seems a lot of things have changed at Dover Downs since a spent a few frigid nights there in the early 90s, but the size of the betting pools isn't one of them! :D

That quality of horses certainly has... They do ok for a mid day track.. I think they do a million most days..

[melman]

From the days when you were there CJ, the total amount bet on Dover harness has gone up by a huge amount. I was there also and remember the days of $1,000 WIN pools. TOTAL handles of under $200,000. Quite a bit larger with many days of $800,000 to 1 million in handle.

[sq764]

Originally posted by melman
From the days when you were there CJ, the total amount bet on Dover harness has gone up by a huge amount. I was there also and remember the days of $1,000 WIN pools. TOTAL handles of under $200,000. Quite a bit larger with many days of $800,000 to 1 million in handle.

And the days of the $2200 Open race... That now goes for $33,000

[Zman179]

I went there about a year before they got the slots in the 90's.
I'll never forget it. The feature race had a purse of $1,000....on a Saturday afternoon. Purses for the other 12 races averaged $800 a race. Eddie Dennis was the leading driver at the time.

I'll never forget it because I hit 5 cold trifectas that day. Red hot. It was my only visit there.

Needless to say that the only pool even remotely handling 4 figures was the trifecta. It would get about $2500 per race. A $100,000 handle was totally out of the question.

And OH MAN I wish that I had went to Harrington pre-slots. To see races in the mud there with a mile in 2:20. Now THAT'S racing.