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Originally Posted by Speed Figure
Saratoga clearly seems to get a bigger handle simply based on the name Saratoga! Race 5 today had a 4 horse field and the win pool was $460,649. Only two races at Del Mar had a higher handle over that 4 horse field. $549,997 Race 8 Del Mar with a 9 horse field and $689,774 Race 10 Del Mar with a 12 horse field. The 5 horse field for the Jim Dandy did $1,450,528 in the win pool. Clearly it doesn't matter what the field size or the track condition is for Saratoga! People are betting that track because of the name!
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Saratoga has run 46 races with 6 betting interests or less in 13 days, Del Mar has run 5 races with 6 betting interests or less in 6 days but it doesn't matter to the bettors. Saratoga's handle is always going to be higher than Del Mar's.
