Saturday Saratoga Race Card

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by PatCummings

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

Based on this logic when Gov Cuomo slashes the purse subsidy the new NYRA can just go ahead and get rid of all those good races and just run claimers and the handle will stay the same.

[Alan07]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Based on this logic when Gov Cuomo slashes the purse subsidy the new NYRA can just go ahead and get rid of all those good races and just run claimers and the handle will stay the same.

and when the slot money disappears there will have to be an overhaul of the racing calendar in New York.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Alan07

and when the slot money disappears there will have to be an overhaul of the racing calendar in New York.

Yeah might try out the no days schedule

[NoLuvForPletch]

I can't believe this thread is still going on. This card would barely have qualified as a Saturday card at Aqueduct never mind Saratoga. The baby races are fun, if you like that sort of thing, but the combination of the reduced field size and the rain made those miserable as well. There were more races that were instant passes than there were races worth looking at, and for Saratoga that is bad news. It was a terrible card, let's leave it at that and hope for better over the final 3 weeks.

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by NoLuvForPletch

I can't believe this thread is still going on. This card would barely have qualified as a Saturday card at Aqueduct never mind Saratoga. The baby races are fun, if you like that sort of thing, but the combination of the reduced field size and the rain made those miserable as well. There were more races that were instant passes than there were races worth looking at, and for Saratoga that is bad news. It was a terrible card, let's leave it at that and hope for better over the final 3 weeks.

It all depends on how you look at it. I had a pretty good day and found most of the races bettable.

Gamblers make the best of the opportunities and there were plenty on Saturday.

[cmorioles]

A new low...the co-feature today is a allowance for older horses, on dirt, going 5.5f. When did that extra half furlong become a problem?

[PatCummings]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

A new low...the co-feature today is a allowance for older horses, on dirt, going 5.5f. When did that extra half furlong become a problem?

Thought the $100k Troy on turf, which has a great field, and is deserving of a grading with this field, was the standalone feature on today's card.