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Originally Posted by 2Hot4TV
I was at the races friday and and can tell you that only about 30,000 were there.
Watching the ESPN overhead shot you can see that the parking lot is only 1/3 full. My guess is about 35,000 today. This sad considering the place can handle 80,000 fairly well.
John Henry would pull 80,000.
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Big Brown's injury and Zenyatta racing Friday diluted the attendance dramatically. Santa Anita got no bounce off of ABC and ESPN advertising to promote the race. They just could not put together a compelling enough of a teaser to promote with the biggest identifyable name in racing this year not competing. As a sidenote, UPS cut their advertising commitment 80% to ESPN when Big Brown's injury was announced.