Del Mar opens Wed. Racing hurting all over the place

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

The bump in purses basically helped them keep pace when they need to greatly exceed. There are a lot of disadvantages to being in CA. When the money is equal but pretty much everything else favors the Eastern tracks it isnt a big surprise that there wasnt owners/trainer flocking to CA. When you consider that nationwide there is fall off in ownership the fact is that the ones left have settled into where they want to be and CA may never get them back

This.

While the bumbling stumbling CHRB has not made great decisions they hardly are any worse than the rest of the country, its forces outside of racing to me that have ruined California racing............ IMO California is ruined, they just happen to be located there.

If they need to greatly exceed Saratoga and say Keeneland in purse structure, so say they need 80k mdns and 125k alw's well they are dead.

All-time record for attendance for opening day at Del Mar and handle up 10percent than last year.

Originally Posted by helicopter11

All-time record for attendance for opening day at Del Mar and handle up 10percent than last year.

No one has any comment on this? Something positive and yet no one wants to say anything about it. Is it because it contradicts the title of this thread?

[Indian Charlie]

Ok.

I'll comment.

Every year there are more people in the world, and more specifically, there are more people in Socal every year. Therefore, it's really not a big surprise when more people show up to do something.

Let's see how things go the rest of the meet.

[DaTruth]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Ok.

I'll comment.

Every year there are more people in the world, and more specifically, there are more people in Socal every year. Therefore, it's really not a big surprise when more people show up to do something.

Let's see how things go the rest of the meet.

You have your theory, I have mine. Zenyatta.

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Ok.

I'll comment.

Every year there are more people in the world, and more specifically, there are more people in Socal every year. Therefore, it's really not a big surprise when more people show up to do something.

Let's see how things go the rest of the meet.

So if the attendance drops at Del Mar next year on opening day, I will just assume the worlds population just dropped? Thanks for biting

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by helicopter11

So if the attendance drops at Del Mar next year on opening day, I will just assume the worlds population just dropped? Thanks for biting

If that's what you think I said, you need to head back to first grade reading comprehension.

[Danzig]

the first day handle is good news. as others have said here, and i have said elsewhere, ownership needs to grow. you see the news when a big stakes race gets a purse bump...but what about the day to day racing? those are the races that need attention. rich guys will get in the game, but it's people that aren't rich but would like to be owners who are the bread and butter. more owners, more horses. more horses, better cards. and better gambling of course.
the opening day numbers shows bettors are there. now-do what must be done to keep them, and get the numbers to grow. zero growth and/or decline are not conducive to a strong sport.