Regardless of what people thought of the quality of the card on Saturday, they didn't shy away.
11 races (6 claimers) - total handle of $11,958,086 (with mostly sloppy/off-turf)
The same Saturday on the calendar a year ago had 3 claiming races, a G1 turf stake, and was fast/firm and handled $11,927,406 (it did go up against the Arlington Million card, which is a weekend later this year).
Monmouth Park ran 11 races in similar wet conditions on Saturday, handled $3,801,312. A year ago, they ran 12 races fast/firm and handled $6,191,436
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