15% rake NYRA P5 officially starts Saturday

[pointman]

Originally Posted by -BT-

agree that this a great step forward for NY racing, but the placement of the pick5 i could do without

not giving too much consideration to those on the left coast who would have to start their day even earlier to take part in this wager, just saying

-bt-

I agree with you on the placement of the pk5. I think it would be a much bigger hit if it were the last 5 races of the day.

[jms62]

Originally Posted by pointman

I agree with you on the placement of the pk5. I think it would be a much bigger hit if it were the last 5 races of the day.

Agree better quality races and including stakes races/graded stakes in the sequence would be huge.

[NTamm1215]

If you're NYRA, you have to have it on the 1st-5th. Having it on the last five races will hurt PK 6 handle and will hurt late PK 4 handle. The first five races are lower handling races that will benefit from people who looked at them for PK 5 purposes.

Early PK 4 handle is good, but not at the level of the late PK 4, especially on weekends.

As far as it being early in the day, I think people will find a way to deal with the atrocity of having to gamble before noon.