Friday, April 9, 2004
SINGLE WINNER COULD SCOOP £1.5 MILLION
The totescoop6 continues to grow after a 66/1 winner stopped everyone in their tracks last week - and that was before we reached the Grand National.
The win fund roll over stands at an impressive £407,760, whilst the bonus roll over has reached £781,861.
With no added distractions of FA cup Semi final all betting eyes will be on the totescoop6. Added to the fact that field sizes for the races are expected to be smaller than normal the pot will be irresistible to small and big players alike meaning the win fund alone could reach the £600,000 mark.
The races will be divided up between Kempton, Haydock and Carlisle
totescoop6 C4TV Legs
Leg 1 1.50 Carlisle - Tote Placepot Handicap
Leg 2 2.10 Kempton - Coral Rosebery Stakes
Leg 3 2.30 Haydock - Bigwigs Bloodstock Racing Club Stakes
Leg 4 2.40 Kempton - alanbrazilracing.com Queens Prize
Leg 5 3.00 Haydock - Field Marshal Rated Stakes
Leg 6 3,10 Kempton - alanbrazilracing.com Easter Stakes
WAGERING INCREASES SLIGHTLY IN FIRST-QUARTER 2004
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) and Equibase Company LLC today released the first-quarter “Thoroughbred Racing Economic Indicators” for United States and Canadian pari-mutuel wagering on U.S. Thoroughbred racing in 2004, as well as for U.S. purses and race days, with prior-year comparisons.
Total wagering increased marginally, despite a 3.62 percent drop in the number of racing days. Compared with first-quarter 2003, a total of 45 fewer racing days were run during first-quarter 2004, primarily due to weather-related cancellations of more than 30 full race cards in January and by the fall of days on the March calendar, which had only four weekends this year compared to five in 2003. Purses dipped by just over one percent.
“The fact that handle increased with a four percent decline in racing days is positive,” said NTRA Commissioner Tim Smith. “However, the continuation of the 'handle up, purses down' phenomenon, which we first saw last year, remains a significant concern.”
The NTRA's Wagering Systems Task Force, Smith noted, is currently conducting “an intensive review of recent wagering data, trends and other pertinent facts” to determine the extent to which such factors as simulcast signal piracy, illegal off-shore wagering, betting exchanges and the growth of rebating operations may be contributing to the purse level declines.
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