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Originally Posted by Longshot6977
That's a cool toteboard with the WPS payout ranges. But I wonder where/how they displayed the money in those pools. Did it change functions every minute or something?
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No...The pool amounts were not displayed on each entrant. Only the total WPS pools,
One other thing. No other racetrack in the NY Metro area had an infield display of probables for exactas and doubles. Not even NYRA or Meadowlands.
It wasn't until the early 80's when NJSEA built a separate board in the infield that Meadowlands displayed Double and Exacta probables.
Roosevelt was an innovative facility. Way ahead of its time.
The untimely demise of the place started in the late 80's when suddenly people just stopped going.
A typical Saturday night crowd would be in the 15 to 20k range. There were nights when it was so crowded that they'd delay post time by 10 mins. Oh and post time was 8 PM. This allowed plenty of time to get there for the first race. And, they got it done( usually 9 or 10 races by 11:00 or 11:15
