A great day for the sport.

[booner]

Originally Posted by Thunder Gulch

It was a good day of racing, but let's be honest about the big picture. Yes 88,000 showed up, but it would have been 120,000 so off 30%+. I suspect the off track wagering, and television numbers suffered similar fates. Good day- not so good weekend if you look at it from what was expected Thursday.

Still didn't turn out to bad on-track.....

http://www.drf.com/news/2012-belmont...over-last-year