05-18-2020, 09:28 AM
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Location: Queens, NY
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mason
Here are the handle figures for May 16
Churchill:
Handle - $14,288,161
Purses - $466,300
Horses ran - 117
Santa Anita:
Handle - $14,219,186
Purses - $627,000
Horses ran - 95
Gulfstream: Off the Turf
Handle - $11,804,266
Purses - $460,000
Horses ran - 75
Tampa Bay:
Handle - $7,239,790
Purses - $125,800
Horses ran - 78
Golden Gate:
Handle - $6,563,937
Purses - $216,000
Horses ran - 88
Charles Town:
Handle - $3,847,767
Purses - $157,500
Horses ran - 73
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That's with 10s of millions of people out of work and some off track betting and simulcast centers closed. One gets the feeling that if the industry was ever organized properly the remaining tracks would make a fortune, the horse shortage would go away, they could raise the purses, lower the take, invest in plant, advertise etc.. Not that I haven't been saying that at least once a week for the last decade. 
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Last edited by classhandicapper; 05-18-2020 at 09:30 AM.
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