As we approach 3 o'clock here, we'll go through the top here because we're joined by Chris Kay, who runs the track.

Chris, welcome. How are you?

Mike, so glad to have here.

Thank you. Thanks for allowing us to, you know, we always wanted to do a show at Saratogu.

We've never done one. We've never did a broadcast.

All these years I haven't come here. We've never done a broadcast. So we're glad we could come here. So how's the meat going? Great. The meet has been fantastic. We see, for example, from a handle standpoint, we're up for on-track handle and also up nationally.

So in last year, we're up compared to last year when last year we were running at a record rate until we had that washout on four-star day. We still ended up with only $1 million off the record, so we're very encouraged by the start of this meeting.

Well, obviously a lot of it depends on whether you can't lose a weekend or something like that, and you haven't had that.

But also, I mean, I just think the place just, you know, it never loses its charm and you know the crowds look as

look as as as as vibrant and as plentiful as always they really do they are we've actually

turned it around last couple years people know they can come here and have a great time you're

seeing more and more people coming here in the weekends we had had 38,500 for the Jim Dandy last weekend.

Right.

This is the Whitney.

We do expect us some rain in the morning, but should be out there by noon.

There is a chance of rain tomorrow, right?

But it should be out by noon, so the afternoon should be great, and it's a great card, so we're looking forward to another big day. Yeah, you do have a big day of racing tomorrow and really, you've, you know, it's a fine line.

I know there's always the thought of doing more business, which is the business you're in,

but there's a fine line you don't want to lose the trauma Saratoga, why you want to give them everything you want to give them you know but

it's a fine line but it seems like you're able to tiptoe it here because I don't see it losing a lot

of its charm even though you do have shake shack and you do have a lot of things that have been

added over the years but it seems like you haven't you haven't taken away from what makes people

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