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Originally Posted by slotdirt
Still, 2008 was less by quite a bit than 2002, 2003, and 2004.
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2004 (Smarty Jones year) is the number that skews everything. He was such a popular horse, plus you picked up the whole Philly contingent and the attendence was north of 120k.
Take that year out and it's about 8% less than '02 &'03. I would say that the heat probably played a big role in that.