Smarty Jones Classic

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by mes5107

If this does indeed happen, who are they kidding? When you have a business, the main thing is the bottom line. Falsifying attendance figures, while it may look like you are doing better to other tracks, doesn't help you one bit. I'd rather have accurate numbers to look at while making my business plan than to sort through phantom figures.

You are not wrong. However, explaining a lot of things many racetracks do, in a logical manner, is a futile chase.

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

You are not wrong. However, explaining a lot of things many racetracks do, in a logical manner, is a futile chase.

plus, would it really matter if attendence figures were off as long as handle is accurate?

[blackthroatedwind]

Only for misguided bragging rights. As usual, racetracks have a distorted sense of what's important.