DEL MAR statistics

[carlonr]

Is Del Mar is alive and well?

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Attendance up, handle down

Just past the halfway point of the meet, ontrack attendance is up, and overall handle is down, when compared with last year.

Through the first 20 days of the 37-day meeting, the on-track attendance average is 19,177, an increase of 3.1 percent over last year.

Overall handle is averaging $11,904,449, a dip of 5 percent from last year. The ontrack handle is averaging $2,216,095, a drop of 7.2 percent from last year.

Compared to last year, 11 fewer races (174 vs. 185) have been run at this point in the meet.

(The percentage of fewer races is 5.9%)


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[InsideThePylons-MW]

Does anybody have the non-commingled foreign handle numbers for this year compared to last year?

You know....the estimated numbers bet on Del Mar that are not in the pool, but somehow added onto the total handle numbers.

[Stillriledup]

Its even worse than you would think because there's been way more carryovers this year i believe that last year, so if you take away those carryovers (which you can't count on) the handle is even less.

[carlonr]

Originally Posted by Stillriledup

Its even worse than you would think because there's been way more carryovers this year i believe that last year, so if you take away those carryovers (which you can't count on) the handle is even less.

Money wagered is money wagered. You can't just take away carryovers. Maybe that is why Saratoga went to a guaranteed pool on Thursdays. BTW here are the Saratoga stats



Through the first 22 days of this year’s expanded 40-day meet, daily average all-sources handle was $13,329,955, down 5.6 percent from last year’s daily average of $14,120,096 through the first 18 days of a 36-day meet.

Daily average ontrack handle through 22 days is $2,804,780, down 12.7 percent from last year’s daily average of $3,211,849 through 18 days.

Daily average attendance through the first 22 days is 21,145, down 13.5 percent from last year’s daily average of 24,439 through 18 days.

So far at this year’s meet there have been 213 races run over 22 days compared with 180 races through the first 18 days of last year’s meet. Average betting interests over 22 days was 8.48 with 98 turf races run and 13 taken off the turf. Average betting interests through 18 days last year averaged 8.7 with 84 turf races run and 10 taken off the turf.

This is with a 7% increase in races!

[rgustafson]

Originally Posted by carlonr

Money wagered is money wagered. You can't just take away carryovers. Maybe that is why Saratoga went to a guaranteed pool on Thursdays. BTW here are the Saratoga stats.



Through the first 22 days of this year’s expanded 40-day meet, daily average all-sources handle was $13,329,955, down 5.6 percent from last year’s daily average of $14,120,096 through the first 18 days of a 36-day meet.

Daily average ontrack handle through 22 days is $2,804,780, down 12.7 percent from last year’s daily average of $3,211,849 through 18 days.

Daily average attendance through the first 22 days is 21,145, down 13.5 percent from last year’s daily average of 24,439 through 18 days.

So far at this year’s meet there have been 213 races run over 22 days compared with 180 races through the first 18 days of last year’s meet. Average betting interests over 22 days was 8.48 with 98 turf races run and 13 taken off the turf. Average betting interests through 18 days last year averaged 8.7 with 84 turf races run and 10 taken off the turf.

This is with a 7% increase in races!

Must be the dirt track surface

[JohnGalt1]

As of a few days ago, favorites are winning at 30%.

[Stillriledup]

Originally Posted by carlonr

Money wagered is money wagered. You can't just take away carryovers. Maybe that is why Saratoga went to a guaranteed pool on Thursdays. BTW here are the Saratoga stats



Through the first 22 days of this year’s expanded 40-day meet, daily average all-sources handle was $13,329,955, down 5.6 percent from last year’s daily average of $14,120,096 through the first 18 days of a 36-day meet.

Daily average ontrack handle through 22 days is $2,804,780, down 12.7 percent from last year’s daily average of $3,211,849 through 18 days.

Daily average attendance through the first 22 days is 21,145, down 13.5 percent from last year’s daily average of 24,439 through 18 days.

So far at this year’s meet there have been 213 races run over 22 days compared with 180 races through the first 18 days of last year’s meet. Average betting interests over 22 days was 8.48 with 98 turf races run and 13 taken off the turf. Average betting interests through 18 days last year averaged 8.7 with 84 turf races run and 10 taken off the turf.

This is with a 7% increase in races!

I'm not saying you take away the Carryovers, what i'm saying is that you can't count on them year in and year out.