Four days of beautiful weather at Racecourse Saratoga produced some pretty nice numbers for the New York Racing Association.
Despite rain for the first race of the meet, sunshine was the next day’s order, resulting in an 18% increase in bets and a 10% increase in attendance.
Through the first four days of the 40-day meeting, all-source processing was $106,401,827 (up 18.1%), with processing on track of $17,401,827 (up 18 percent) .5%) from 103,254 (up 10%) in terms of paid engagements.
A year ago, the first four days of the meeting generated a total of $90,112,255 in all-source bets with $14,394,438 on track and 94,078 attendees.
The 2021 meeting ended with the NYRA setting an all-time bet record of $815,508,063 and attracting 1,046,478 attendees.
“Fan interest and engagement with the summer meetup at Saratoga Racecourse is at an all-time high. We saw that on display during Runhappy’s Opening Weekend. presented, set a betting record and increased attendance by 10%,” said NYRA CEO and president Dave O’Rourke. “Saratoga’s stand out as a destination continues to grow in popularity, and we thank our fans for their enthusiastic support of the summer get-together. Beyond the gates, the NYRA is pleased to play a central role in promoting it. economic activity and tourism throughout upstate New York. We look forward to all that lies ahead this summer at Spa.”
