Breeders Cup numbers...big days vs. regular days.

[Grandstand Handicapper]

I guess the regular days, the sport and the business is dying. At least that's what the heretics say here. LOL. Funny how the regular days of racing are on life support (says who?), but the big days are still big.

While I've never been a fan of the Day One/Friday thing, I get the reasoning, thinking, etc.

Anyway, on-track handle for the two days was almost $18.5m.

All-in handle was $179.2m.

Attendance on Saturday was 36,436. Both days, almost 67,500 (Santa Anita, last year was almost 110,000).

Big days, big dances, public this, PETA that, HISA, and so on...big numbers here.

Check out the article:

https://paulickreport.com/news/the-biz/179-2-million-wagered-over-two-days-of-breeders-cup-world-championships

[pocketrocketwinner]

Wonder why they wont release how much of the total handle is from the CAWs?

[Grandstand Handicapper]

https://www.drf.com/news/breeders-cup-total-saturday-betting-amid-adjusted-race-lineup-4-percent-over-2023

Gee, I wonder why, LOL.

[Grandstand Handicapper]

I think track management's theory is that CAW groups are the elephant in the room, and they believe people don't know it's an elephant, think it's something else, don't understand it, etc., and they don't want to create more obstacles for themselves.

[pocketrocketwinner]

My question was rhetorical.
Delmar wants to pat itself on the back and bury the real story at the same time. Cause the real story is very ugly

[Grandstand Handicapper]

Absolutely. Especially Delmar.