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Saratoga Sets Opening Day On-Track Handle Mark

Updated: Friday, July 27, 2007 5:54 PM
Posted: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 7:33 PM
(from Saratoga release)
Saratoga Race Course’s 139th meeting got off to a strong start July 25 with an an attendance of 30,052, which accounted for on-track handle of $3,825,564, an opening day track record for handle on Spa races.

The handle on the 10-race card beat the previous Spa record of $3,789,795 set last year.

All-source handle on Wednesday was $15,282,907, down slightly from 2006’s all-source handle of $15,533,027.

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