The rash of equine deaths have had a toll on both track attendance and betting on the races.<\/p>\n
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Over this past weekend, 21,195 people came out for the three days of racing. The on-track handle for those cards totaled $3.6 million. By comparison, the same weekend a year ago attracted 29,802 fans who bet just less than $5 million.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s a 28.9 percent dip in attendance and a 27.5 percent drop in the on-track handle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Interest isn\u2019t just dropping at the track. For the weekend, the combined intra-state and interstate wagering on Santa Anita\u2019s races totaled $25.9 million. That\u2019s a 22 percent decline from the same weekend last year when off-track bettors wagered $33.2 million.<\/p>\n
While racing is set to end at Santa Anita in less than two weeks, the track is also scheduled to hold the Breeders Cup on Nov. 1-2. So far, no plans have been announced to move the event to another track.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Two more fatalities occurred at Santa Anita over the weekend, pushing the number of equine deaths to 29 at the Southern California track in nearly six months. And with the meet nearly over, the California Horse Racing Board has seen enough. The 28th death happened Saturday after Formal Dude pulled up in the stretch of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":106542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,14577,16],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Two More Horses Die at Santa Anita as California Board Calls for Stoppage<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n