Fonder park

[gandalf380]

Late pick-5 at fonner park today has mandatory payout with $500,000 carryover. The bet is .50. And starts in race 4 around 6 o’clock.

[MikeB]

Fonder park


You misspelled "Flounder". ;)


Article about Fonner and what is going on there during the current crisis:


https://www.playfecta.com/fonner-park-still-running-and-breaking-records/

[gandalf380]

well, I was never fonder of fonner. especially since my fiasco with the pick-5 carryover yesterday

[mick]

Charlie,

I made a quick exit from the Pick 5 when my horse was DQed in the first leg. (Adios, Mick and your $54!)

It's an adjustment watching 6 furlong races around two turns. And you can't look at the PPs. You would never bet. How often do you see a 1-for-39 horse as the 4-5 favorite? And that's in the feature!

I like Will Rogers better but the syndicates have honed their models now and have turned it into a chalk fest. You can't make bricks without straw and you can't money without odds. :rolleyes:

[darmar]

Good Morning Mick, there sure were not not enough life jackets to go around at Conner
Darryl






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[mick]

Hi, Darryl.

I've been wondering what those two little tracks will do with all the money. With no one else racing Monday-Wednesday, their handles have been amazing. With Fonner, it's over $200,000/race and Will Rogers $250,000+/race.

If they ask me, I would suggest they raise purses and cut the take. Of course, they won't but I hope they do something constructive with this temporary bonanza.

Too bad that Hastings isn't running now. They could get in on this.

[MikeB]

Hi, Darryl.

I've been wondering what those two little tracks will do with all the money. With no one else racing Monday-Wednesday, their handles have been amazing. With Fonner, it's over $200,000/race and Will Rogers $250,000+/race.




From the article I linked to above:


According to Horse Racing Nation, the five recent handle amounts are the top five in the history of Fonner Park. And the month of March came in at more than 272% over the handle recorded in March 2019.

GM Chris Kotulak was careful to note that his track takes only 3% to 4% of simulcast handle. “We’re pretty much at the bottom rung of host fees,” he said. That take is also split with the horsemen’s purse account.

Further, Kotulak told the Grand Island Independent that a $1.3 million handle only funds about four future races and doesn’t cover the expenses for their weekly operational payroll. And it left him wondering if the two-week trial of racing without spectators will be worth it.