banditbeau Wrote:
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> Just wondering if anyone is doing anything there
> with the new lower takeout?
> As was mentioned in an earlier post, the betting
> patterns are a bit odd - the win pool is
> frequently way way more than the exacta pool.
> They appear to be burying the handle of Prairie
> Meadows - who has had it also appears 3 - 100k
> neighborhood type amount show bets in the last
> week on 3/5 shots (they pay $2.20 to show). Other
> than those days their handle looks to be much
> lower. Arlington is holding on with 8 race cards.
> Far as I can tell, Cby is up about 5% on track
> wagering and attendance(they had over 12,000 in
> attendance on Sunday) and about 6.5% overall. I
> am not able to wager there online, but their off
> track numbers seem up about 7%. They just added a
> pick 5 last week, and HANA had them as their
> feature track last Thursday night. They have a
> new racing secretary and lots of races that are
> really unbettable in my opinion - stand out 3/5
> shots or short fields. Both of those improved
> over the past week, but that would seem to be a
> problem if this lower takeout is in fact going to
> stimulate higher handle.
>
> Just curious what others may have seen/done
> there?
>
> bb


You just hope the fields expand as the weather warms further. Been there on multiple occasions, and like the management, but they had little to lose after last year's disappointing season, so they proceeded to take the aggressive bettor-friendly stance. The locals like to go there as a day out (see: Monmouth, etc), but you're not dealing with a deep bench of hardcore heavy plungers. I like to support it, but it's not the most accesssible signal out there, as many have found out.