Ellis Park all-sources handle rises for 2015 meet

Gross all-sources handle at the Ellis Park meet that ended Monday in western Kentucky was up 8 percent over 2014, increasing to about $33 million from $30.5 million, but daily average handle of about $1,064,500 was down nearly 2 percent because there were 31 racing dates this year compared with 28 last year.

Ontrack handle grossed about $5 million, with the per-day average up marginally, according to a track release, while average field size increased from 7.3 to 8.2 horses per race.