#1 problem in the industry

[seriously]

Wtf do you think ROI is calculated on? WPS?

Are you serious?   Really?  You can't be that simple.

ROI is RETURN ON INVESTMENT...peri od.

ROI= (Gain From Investment - Cost Of Investment) / Cost Of Investment.

[seriously]

# 1 problem is lack of owners and horses. Not worth breeding or owning with all the drug trainers and skyrocketing cost of owning and breeding.

I will agree that my initial claim was focusing on the outside.   

100% concur with Refusedtopace's assessment intrenally.

Externally, the tracks with the weakest fan base often hold the most races with the best horses/drivers, while tracks that people actually watch and play dwindle down to nothing.  (Monticello/Meadowlands/Hawthorne)   Handle per horse indicates these 3 tracks to be the most watched/wagered by leaps and bounds.

[Powerful Patricks Ghost]

Are you serious?   Really?  You can't be that simple.

ROI is RETURN ON INVESTMENT...peri od.

ROI= (Gain From Investment - Cost Of Investment) / Cost Of Investment.

No shit I know what ROI means fuckface. NO ONE TOUTS ROI ON WPS. That would be absurd and idiotic. Win ROI is the only one published in forms and if you're calculating your own WPS ROI stats you must never win.

[Hush Limbaugh II]

It started in 2011 when the SBOANJ made the phone call 

[Pull the Pocket]

I will agree that my initial claim was focusing on the outside.  

100% concur with Refusedtopace's assessment intrenally.

Externally, the tracks with the weakest fan base often hold the most races with the best horses/drivers, while tracks that people actually watch and play dwindle down to nothing.  (Monticello/Meadowlands/Hawthorne)   Handle per horse indicates these 3 tracks to be the most watched/wagered by leaps and bounds.

Northfield, Cal expo Pompano and Yonkers outhandle Montishithole and Northfield live has probably the best attendance of any but the Meadowlands and Running Aces

[seriously]

No shit I know what ROI means fuckface. NO ONE TOUTS ROI ON WPS. That would be absurd and idiotic. Win ROI is the only one published in forms and if you're calculating your own WPS ROI stats you must never win.

No one, huh? 

At least you make me smile man, and I appreciate that. 

[seriously]

Northfield, Cal expo Pompano and Yonkers outhandle Montishithole and Northfield live has probably the best attendance of any but the Meadowlands and Running Aces

Handle PER HORSE was the basis, and they DO NOT.  Yes, total handle at Northfield is higher than Monticello, but falls well short PER HORSE.

And for the many on here that seem to really have a hard time figuring things out, here is a simple formula.

Handle PER HORSE would equal the total handle divided by the number of starters.

[COTTONWOOD FARM]

 

[Inside The Pylons]

 Most important industry statistic, purse dollars offered per horse

[seriously]

ITP from other forums?  If so, I understand why you get it and why others don't.

"Most important industry statistic, purse dollars offered per horse"

True for the IN.

For the OUT, it is handle per horse.

[The Exporter]

To answer the subject question: What is the #1 problem in the industry? Lack of appeal to common markets. Our product is just not attractive enough to the average Joe/Jane.