Claiming Crown

#1 08-05-2007, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Kimmeastar

Don't know.Ontrack attendance-6611.Handle-650960

Damn I was 111 under on the attendance. Didn't look like a big crowd. The handle is solid...Geary brought in a whale or two I believe.

pmayjr · #2 08-05-2007, 04:35 AM

Canterbury gets at least 10,000 for the event every year.

I hope it comes back where it belongs. It wasn't bad at Ellis, but it needs to come back here.

BTW, what about the 49-1 winner for Canterbury's own Paul Nolan?

PeteMugg · #3 08-05-2007, 08:12 AM

Maybe a larger crowd and on track handle at Canterbury, but overall handle was up 800k for the previous Claiming Crown record.

Cannon Shell · #4 08-05-2007, 10:00 AM

Congrats to Mike, a good trainer and a good guy. The claiming crown however needs to do something different because the races this year were softer than usual and with the dramatic increase in purses at some tracks, the lower level claiming crown races have really lost their luster.

The Bid · #5 08-05-2007, 10:03 AM

I like the format of the CC, I think they did a good job this year. If they didnt run up against Saratoga on a Saturday it would really help them out.

SentToStud · #6 08-06-2007, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Congrats to Mike, a good trainer and a good guy. The claiming crown however needs to do something different because the races this year were softer than usual and with the dramatic increase in purses at some tracks, the lower level claiming crown races have really lost their luster.

I thought the races were more interesting this year. And 50k, 75k 100k and 150k races for starters? What else could they do? Maybe they didn't get a former G3 winner as in prior years but the fields were very full and Ellis handled nearly twice what they did the previous Saturday. I think most people would say they did a great job.