On-track wagering at the full Derby Day racing card, including the 142nd Derby, was up 2 percent to $23.5 million — just below the record $23.7 million in 2012. On-track wagering at the Kentucky Derby itself totaled $11.3 million, a decrease of 6 percent in comparison to last year, the track said.
It have to be noted that Churchill carded an additional race this year over the collection of races on Derby day last year. That helped produce the impressive numbers Saturday.
Nyquist won the Derby, and attendance on the track Saturday was 167,227 — the second-largest crowd in Derby history and slightly below the record of 170,513 in 2015.
Churchill Downs returned $151.8 million to bettors at the Kentucky Derby Day program. Additionally, purses earned from the Kentucky Derby Day program totaled about $10.7 million as a way to be paid out to horsemen through the rest of the 2016 race meets.
Kevin Flanery, president of Churchill Downs Racetrack, said in a release that “our latest round of renovations and our investments within the facility continue to pay off, as we try to enhance the fan experience every year.”
TwinSpires, a mobile betting platform and official betting partner of the Kentucky Derby and the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, recorded $26.8 million in handle on Churchill Downs races for the Kentucky Derby Day program — a rise of 29 percent over the prior year. TwinSpires’ handle on just the Kentucky Derby race was $16.6 million, up 22 percent over 2015.
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