Monmouth Park had a strong summer meet this year, with handle and attendance up significantly for a 61-day stand on the Jersey Shore.
According to the track, average ontrack attendance during the meet was 8,986, a 4.5 percent jump over the same figure last year, when the track ran four more race days. Average ontrack handle was $510,106, a gain of 8.3 percent over last year, while average all-sources handle was $4.44 million, a jump of 9.8 percent.
Racetracks need to focus on delivering consistently satisfying experiences to ontrack customers if the sport is to stem a worldwide decline in its popularity, several speakers at a panel on marketing said Monday at the International Conference of Horseracing Authorities in Paris, France.
New York, NY (October 7, 2013) Today, Daily Racing Form unveiled its newly redesigned print edition of Daily Racing Form that combines upgraded and more readable past performances for DRF’s current players with a fresh and visually appealing new package geared to a new generation of players.
Handle on U.S. races in September fell by 2.1 percent from last year, but the decline was mitigated in large part by a 4.8 percent decline in race days, according to figures released on Friday by Equibase.
Handle during the month was $777.6 million, according to Equibase, compared to $794.3 million in September of 2012. There were 24 fewer races days this September compared to the same month last year, leading to average handle per race day this September of $1.63 million, compared to $1.59 million in September of 2012.
New York, NY (Oct. 2, 2013) Today, Daily Racing Form launches DRF Plus, DRF.com’s new digital subscription service that provides exclusive and unrestricted access to premium content on the DRF.com site.
DRF’s formal launch follows a free preview of DRF Plus that was unveiled in July which featured expanded coverage of two of racing’s premier events, the Saratoga and Del Mar meets, along with a variety of new daily handicapping and wagering features.
New York, NY (October 1, 2013) Daily Racing Form releases the new DRF Formulator, an upgraded and redesigned version of DRF.com’s exclusive digital Past Performances that provides an easier, faster and more powerful user experience for horseplayers of all levels.
The board of the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium has recommended that states remove threshold levels for the synthetic anabolic steroid stanozolol, a move that would make any finding for the drug a positive regardless of the concentration in post-race samples.
Recently retired jockey Ramon Dominguez will be presented with the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters’ Mr. Fitz Award during the organization’s annual awards ceremony on Oct. 30 in Arcadia, Calif., the NTWB announced on Tuesday.