Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted December 27, 2018 Journalists Share Posted December 27, 2018 Santa Anita’s opening-day card produced an all-sources pari-mutuel handle of $20,491,016 Wednesday–a 19% increase over last year and an all-time opening-day record. Wednesday’s opening-day crowd of 41,373 contributed to an on-track handle of $3,463,535, a 5% increase over last year’s $3.3 million. On-track attendance was up 3% over last year. “Yesterday’s attendance and handle numbers are the result of many factors, none greater than field size,” said Tim Ritvo, COO for The Stronach Group. “We would first of all like to thank our tremendous fans, not only here at Santa Anita, but around the country as well. They recognize a top-quality product that offers good value and they responded in-kind yesterday. We had tremendous racing and the horsemen obviously responded to the great opportunities our 10-race program offered.” View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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