Record Handle at Harrah's Philly

[gh2009]

Harrah's Philly is one of only 2 tracks running today, Tampa Bay Downs is the other. Harrah's Philly is on pace to handle well over 1.5 million, which would break their previous all-time handle. On a normal day they'd handle between $400,000 & $500,000.

[Jctoronto]

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while.


Good for them.
Merry Xmas Chesterites

[gh2009]

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while.


Good for them.
Merry Xmas Chesterites

I thought they'd do well today but not this good.

[Locked in with pace]

They should give money to all the grooms, trainers who were there, and drivers who raced on this special day.

[gh2009]

They should give money to all the grooms, trainers who were there, and drivers who raced on this special day.

It definitely helped their races were on FanDuel/TVG today which they never are. In fact the 14th and final race alone handled over $200,000.

[Jctoronto]

Good biz there today.
With PARX cancel, T Bay 5.9 mil u.s handle. (9 races) and Harrah's Philly harness was it.

..and not one of the 50 OTB in Ontario, Canada open.
Play from home/mobile was it from Toronto area

See u all 'thursday/Boxing Day

Xmas greetings.

[Kenny]

They should give money to all the grooms, trainers who were there, and drivers who raced on this special day.

Did that handle cover the purses for the day?

[Sunmoon 1219]

Adding up Chester looks like an amazing 1.7 million. That’s insane

[gh2009]

Did that handle cover the purses for the day?

Purses were $145,000 today. If their host fees average 4.5%, that comes to $76,500, but their purses are mostly funded from their casino and sportsbook, without them, the track would have been out of business years ago.

[wizardofoz]

Chester, PA — Harrah’s Philadelphia has a little bit extra to celebrate during this holiday season, as during its Christmas Eve noon program, the track handled $1,587,638 — the biggest betting total ever at the southeast Pennsylvania oval.

[Stan durbread]

They did close to $250k on last race when it was only race in the tote going in the world. Too bad they were not smart enough to drag the races like usual and have 3-4 in the unique spot

[bumby]

proof that the sport would be self sufficient if there was only 1 track

[racing123]

proves that the public is stupid and doesnt care that pennsylvania takeout rates are the worst in harness racing...how anyone bets races from that state is beyond me

[gh2009]

proves that the public is stupid and doesnt care that pennsylvania takeout rates are the worst in harness racing...how anyone bets races from that state is beyond me

Their takeout rates on trifectas and superfectas are between 25 & 30%, which is outrageous, plus there's a $1 minimum on tri's and 50 cents on superfectas which makes them difficult to play. The Pick 4 has a 15% takeout which isn't bad and 18% on the Pick 5, but those pools normally aren't very big.

[John Moody]

Shows how stupid tracks are for not racing on Christmas day