I read somewhere that attendance was up but handle was down for both on track and all sources. All the off the turf races this year are an obvious major factor for the handle this year. I think last year was also an especially tough compare because the weather was good. It hard to control for that, but I guess someone probably has the data for just dirt races that weren't off the turf this year. That might give us a better idea of what the handle might be like with more average weather.
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