Oh Oracle--where are you, oh where are you

Well apparently patrons at Keeneland loved the new racetrack and bettors loved the racing. Total handle was up 7.1% from comparable day in 2005. And on-track handle was up 10% from 2005. There are full fields, 20 thousand people and increase in handle.

Now lets talk about Turfway. On-track handled increased by 4.6% from 2005 and all sources handled was up a staggering 23.6% over last years fall meet. Seems to be the bettors are liking the PolyTrack surface.

What is even more important to me is that the avg number of starters increased .2%. 8.7% vs 8.9%.

I know you have predicted that handle and attendance would decline and you don't have to say you are wrong or sorry. I am just happy with what is going on at Turfway and so far at Keeneland.