a curious thing about that "busted" card: the P6 carryover from Friday was 24K; a somewhat reliable rule of thumb is that NYRA P6 will attract 4X the carryover amount in new money. So under normal conditions the Saturday P6 would be expected to pull in 100K. With an off-track, beaucoup scratches, a 5-horse race and two 4-horse races reduceing the chance of big scores, I expected Saturday's P6 to draw 50K at most--according to Equibase it pulled in $247K in new money.
Maybe someone can enlighten me as to why a busted card like Saturdays would draw so much P6 action?
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