Sorry but there are many better causes to support like public education, healthcare, you name it besides casino welfare for horse racing. 20% takeout plus utter incompetence and greed at every level has been and continues to ruin horse racing.

Inflation rate was 2.6%. Del Mar handle increased 0.5%. So inflation adjusted handle was down 2.1%.

Unfortunately this screenshot is not from a Saturday Night Live skit, peeing in stalls is the dog ate my homework excuse for cheating trainers.