He states that the handle was partially down because of the 6 cancellations. What he forgot to mention is the $1,000,000 in purse money they saved by not having those races. The quality of the horses that fill thier cards has driven away betters.
I would doubt that the A drivers will come back early to drive such poor quality of horses that fill thier cards. Yannnick came back a month ago, and he is driving at Yonkers.