Attendance, on-track handle and total all-sources handle continue to top 2006 figures through Week 4 of racing at Saratoga Race Course.

Attendance is up 6.2 percent, on-track handle rose 8.1 percent, and total all-sources handle increased 6.8 percent over 2006 figures.

Total attendance through Week 4 of the 2007 meet is 679,014, up from 638,401 in 2006.

On-track handle increased to $88,763,928, from $82,135,735 in 2006.

Total all-sources handle rose to $372,263,607 from $348,447,125 in 2006.

Through Week 4 there have been 228 races run at Saratoga, compared to 219 in 2006 (when one racing day was canceled because of extreme heat). Betting interests are up to 1,965 from 1,834 in 2006.

The New York Racing Association Inc. (NYRA) is a private, non-profit racing association established in 1955, which owns and operates the three largest racetracks in New York - Aqueduct, Belmont Park and Saratoga. It is a non-profit, non-dividend paying corporation governed by a Board of Trustees, whose members, by law, receive no compensation or dividends. Since its inception, NYRA has contributed more than $3 billion in direct tax revenue to the State of New York.