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05-22-2010, 11:56 PM
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Increasing the handle at ANY track has been extremely challenging for the last two plus years. The majority of tracks have seen a decline. For Monmouth to double there handle that they had last year in this marketpalce is unheard of.
Today was a huge success for Monmouth. They are either on something or onto something and I think they are onto something brilliant with what they have done to this meet. 100 k plus carryover on the .50 cent pick five another brilliant idea. 
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05-23-2010, 12:00 AM
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Boutique meets can work if you force the slot states that had horrendous racing before the slots out of the game.
Indiana and West Virginia should stick to John Mellencamp concerts and jug-blowing.
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05-23-2010, 12:56 AM
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05-23-2010, 07:37 AM
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I know an increase of 100% in handle and attendence is great news. Being the "doubting Thomas" that I am about NJ racing as I have seen it decline steadily since the NJSEA took over from the Hess Family. My question is how much did the handle increase on a per race basis? How many races were run last year on opening day versus this year. Lets not forget that Monmouth will have significantly fewer racing days while offering nearly the same amount of races. I would think the critical metric is handle per race rather than handle per day.
On the bright side I'm sure it is up but is it truly up 100%?
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05-23-2010, 07:56 AM
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2010: 13 races, 126 runners, $9,357,444 ($720k/race; $74.2k/horse)
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05-23-2010, 09:28 AM
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2+2 = 5
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05-23-2010, 09:36 AM
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Opening Day was virtually guaranteed a success giving the hype and buzz surrounding the meet, the pent-up demand of local racing fans who are used to seeing a live race a few weeks earlier and nice weather as well.
What a lot of folks seem to be missing, however, is that this whole plan is about streamlining for an entire summer, not just one day. Day #1 is a good start, but now as the meet wears-on, and the novelty wears-off, what happens? Then we'll know how well this consolidation move worked. It's early to declare it a rousing success, but early indications are certainly positive. One day a meet does not make.
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05-23-2010, 09:44 AM
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05-23-2010, 10:10 AM
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