Handle tops $60 million for Breeders’ Cup on Friday
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Bill Denver / Eclipse Sportswire
All-sources handle for the 10-race program on the first day of the 41st Breeders’ Cup World Championships Nov. 1 at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club was $63,679,944, the second-highest handle for a Breeders’ Cup Friday and the fourth consecutive year the Friday handle has topped $60 million.
The Future Stars Friday card featured five Breeders’ Cup races for 2-year-old horses, the seventh straight year the Breeders’ Cup has carded all its juvenile races on the same day since the event expanded to its two-day format in 2007.
Friday’s on-track attendance was 30,982. On-track handle was $6,683,373.
Breeders’ Cup Friday attendance and handle records
| Year | Track | Attendance | Handle |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Del Mar | 30,982 | $63,679,944 |
| 2023 | Santa Anita | 43,377 | $62,136,939 |
| 2022 | Keeneland | 39,851 | $66,141,766 |
| 2021 | Del Mar | 20,536 | $61,696,893 |
| 2020 | Keeneland* | — | $51,409,606 |
| 2019 | Santa Anita | 41,243 | $56,517,228 |
| 2018 | Churchill Downs | 42,249 | $53,636,272 |
| 2017 | Del Mar | 32,728 | $52,273,883 |
| 2016 | Santa Anita | 45,673 | $49,651,600 |
| 2015 | Keeneland | 44,497 | $46,251,965 |
| 2014 | Santa Anita | 37,205 | $47,666,982 |
| 2013 | Santa Anita | 35,633 | $52,594,370 |
| 2012 | Santa Anita | 34,619 | $48,997,009 |
| 2011 | Churchill Downs | 40,677 | $52,095,202 |
| 2010 | Churchill Downs | 41,614 | $54,889,388 |
| 2009 | Santa Anita | 37,651 | $50,662,945 |
| 2008 | Santa Anita | 31,257 | $49,473,304 |
| 2007 | Monmouth Park | 27,803 | $31,499,007 |
* No attendance was reported for Keeneland in 2020 because of Covid-19.
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