Originally Posted by oracle80

Handle for a meet is based upon the entire meet, not one weekend. Obviously with the keyBC preps situated the first weekend(and the 10 race cards offered) handle will be highest at the start.
I'm kinda wondering where handle will be after the initial stakes races go by and players are scratching their heads at Asi Siempre winning, Kellys landing miraculously finding form after two horrible races, a 50-1 maiden winning the Alciabades, and numerous other completely illogical horses.
I also expect these results to have future consequences from trainers in the future meets conducted on the tires.
If you train a horse who flopped miserably on this surface, you will avoid running horses on it who flopped in the future.
Yesterday at Belmont Annika Lass, whohad a long string of fast good races interrupted by a dreadful Poly race at Woodbine, came back with a nice 2nd in the grade 2 race at Belmont. Obviously she hated the stuff and didn't just go off form.
As far as Circular Quay goes, if you think he handled that stuff like he handles dirt you are sadly mistaken. I would bet dollars to doughnuts that race was his first and last on the tires. Happy Ticket was unprepared for the break, but never appearewd to handle the surface either.
Its strictly a specialists surface, and if you had a half a brain you would have noted lemons only poor figure race(76 Beyer) came on the tires this spring in the race you argues she ran "well". Yesterday confirmed she can't run a step on it, as once again she flopped on itand never put in a real run.
This was the first major meet run on it. Lets see how many who ran poorly avoid the stuff next out, even if its next spring.
One other thing you left out Mr Shill, it was noted that Turfway Park's purse distribution was down 9% this past meet. You care to explain to me how handle that went up 4.6% caused a purse distribution that went down 9%. You have a lotta splaining to do on that one Lucy.