Saratoga 2021 The Numbers are in

[alhattab]

Originally Posted by castaway01

I think the absolutely tremendous Saratoga Live show also deserves some of the credit. It's really everything you could ask of in that kind of coverage and it personally kept me watching on days when the weather wasn't the best. Kudos to everyone involved in that production.

No question. The show is fantastic and revolutionary in terms of horse racing coverage on TV. It Has to be not only driving numbers from people playing at home but also may be an impetus for people to make the trip up. It looks so beautiful on the broadcast how could you not!

[The Arbiter]

Yes, that was brilliant being able to watch wall-to-wall coverage of Saratoga every day of the meet. And it was a good, informative production.

[BarchCapper]

I find myself with a much different perspective. After a couple of years of enjoying Saratoga Live on FS2/FS1, this was the first year I had an RTN subscription.

With both available, I found myself gravitating more towards the "raw" RTN track feed rather than the produced show. If I heard about an interesting feature that had been shown on FS1/FS2, it was easy enough to go to the NYRA YouTube site and catch that portion of the archived show. I will admit that I enjoyed NOT being subjected to the same features multiple times a day/week (although for all I know, that didn't happen as much this year as in past years). My own bottom line improved, and I'm willing to attribute some of it to less distraction/avoiding overthinking from TOO MUCH information. But that's just what worked for me.

I'm very thankful for the many different ways we are able to access and consume racing content, so that we can use what works best for each of us.