Hollywood's First Cushion Track Meet

Originally Posted by eurobounce

To be honest, I sort of agree with Oracle that the numbers should have been a tad better, but not that much. When comparing the 2006 Fall Meet to the Fall meets of 2005,2004,2003,2002,2001,2000 and 1999, the numbers for the 2006 Fall Meet are better than all the year individually. Also, the numbers os starters per race also increased year over year individually. In addition, the purses for the 2006 Fall Meet were the higest of all the years. To me, the most telling difference is the avg amount wagered day over day. In 2005 $5.5 million was the daily avg. In 2006 it was $6.5 mm. The number of racing days doesnt matter with this figure, however the cancellation of the turf festival does. BUT, the $6.5mm figure is the highest dollar amount over a 6 year period.

Please Oracel, look at a 5 year period and not just 2005-2006.

Euro read my other post. The way your original thread starter is worded, it would lead the reader to believe that the overall handle increased 19%. usually when speaking of averages, the word average is included.
Since it was an average increase. I'd say it was not disappointing, and it was not great either. I think the AVERAGE increase cited would be almost exactly in line with what I would expect based upon the circumstances of last years meet as opposed to this one.
In other words, the jury is still out on the success of synthetic in Cali on handle. In light of the clarification of the stat being an average, I couldn't really interpret it to fit good or bad.