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Originally Posted by ateamstupid
You say "aside from Del Mar", but SoCal is the only other circuit that handles the kind of Pick 6/late Pick 4 money that NY does. Comparing NY pools to anything but SoCal is apples and oranges.
The time thing is a minor inconvenience for a terrific wagering opportunity. If you really want to get down to it, having races during the day on weekdays is in itself an inconvenience for people with 9-5 jobs, having races at night is an inconvenience for people with kids, etc. and players adapt.
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my point was no track, small or large, that i know of, offers a pk5 to start off their card (excluding del mar of course), if that's NYRA's angle, great, go for it, you're the only track that offers it. These are the races where people generally sit on the sideline and get a feel how the track is playing, and maybe jump into the pk4 that starts in race 2. Now, what about how new york tracks are notorious for carding MSW MC races early in the card, is that going to change?
To me, the idea of having multiple maiden and claiming races in a pick 5 doesn't appeal to me. When i'm looking at investing in a pick 5 it's usually with higher class stock of horses.
totally get the churn point you're making, people will definitely chase if they get knocked out in race one.
I'm not an every day/weekend new york track player, but when i do play them, i think in the past 15 years i might have played the first race of the day there less than 10 times, for multiple reasons, but that's just me
-bt-