Total handle up, average down at Belmont meet
Total and on-track year-over-year handle increased at the 2015 Belmont Park
spring/summer meet which ran 59 days from April 29 to July 19, according to the
New York Racing Association.
All-sources handle on NYRA races was $636,621,791, up 7.5 percent from
$591,988,056 during 2014's 54-day meet. On-track handle on NYRA races was
$88,293,037, up 4.3 percent from $84,626,885 last year.
All-sources average handle declined 1.6 percent, from $10,962,742 to
$10,790,200.
Attendance at Belmont Park this spring was 286,432, down 5.3 percent from
302,512 in 2014.
For the 59 days, there were 553 races run in 2015, compared to 509 for 54
days in 2014. Average betting interests per race in 2015 was 7.7 (4,231 total)
compared to 7.5 (3,804 total) in 2014.
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