Simulcast Wagering Keeneland has participated in intertrack wagering since 1988 and full-card simulcasting since 1994. With the opening of the Fall Meet on Oct. 8, 1988, Keeneland began sending its races to Turfway Park, Ellis Park and Bluegrass Downs. Dueling Grounds (now Kentucky Downs) was added in April 1990. Keeneland first served as a receiving track on Nov. 30, 1988, taking races from Turfway Park.
Intertrack wagering was held in the Sales Pavilion through the 1989 Ellis Park meeting. Simulcasting was held in the Grandstand from the combination Breeders’ Cup-Churchill Downs program on Nov. 4, 1989, until July 15, 2015, when Keeneland’s year-round simulcast operations moved to Red Mile in a partnership with the historic Standardbred track near downtown Lexington.
Red Mile offers Thoroughbred, harness and Quarter Horse simulcast wagering in one location. Keeneland continues to offer simulcast wagering during the track’s Spring and Fall race meets and annual Thoroughbred auctions (in limited areas) and for Kentucky Oaks (G1) and Kentucky Derby (G1).
Milestones Highest One-Day Attendance: 27,440, May 4, 2002, Kentucky Derby Day/Churchill Downs. Highest One-Day Mutuel Handle: $3,589,264, May 3, 2008, Kentucky Derby Day/Churchill Downs. Highest One-Day Attendance Other than Kentucky Derby Day: 8,567, November 6, 1999, Breeders’ Cup. Highest One-Day Mutuel Handle Other than Kentucky Derby Day: $1,693,600, November 6, 1999, Breeders’ Cup. Highest Mutuel Handle for a Single Race: $1,987,671, Kentucky Derby, May 3, 2008.
Simulcast Wagering Statistics Kentucky Year Tracks 2020
Other Tracks*
Total
Kentucky Year Tracks
Other Tracks*
Total
Kentucky Year Tracks
Other Tracks*
Total
1998 $26,169,624 $64,571,777 $90,741,401
6,925,035
32,369,042
39,294,077
2008
16,196,434
59,679,054
75,875,488
1997
18,558,067
50,414,031
68,972,098
2018
7,351,675
31,642,124
38,993,798
2007
18,551,284 $67,078,285
85,629,569
1996
23,404,922
32,136,173
55,541,095
2017
7,441,329
31,599,042
39,040,371
2006
20,590,976
59,883,604
80,474,580
1995
22,101,099
19,009,091
41,110,190
2016
8,027,003
34,757,518
42,784,521
2005
20,886,565
71,597,780
92,484,345
1994
25,981,603
9,229,931
35,211,534
2015
8,007,061
35,824,010
43,831,071
2004
21,593,026
81,936,645 103,529,671
1993
25,036,096 25,036,096
2014
8,334,678
37,477,451
45,812,129
2003
23,766,039
72,703,867
96,469,906
1992
20,552,238 20,552,238
2013
9,990,583
40,107,596
50,098,178
2002
22,109,929
75,853,709
97,963,638
1991
16,974,603 16,974,603
2012
9,955,811
40,819,637
50,775,448
2001
23,109,719
75,030,488
98,140,207
1990
18,046,075 18,046,075
2011
11,837,187
41,151,911
52,989,098
2000
26,021,972
78,387,612 104,409,584
1989
25,820,152 25,820,152
2010
11,174,233
44,357,525
55,531,758
1999
24,829,027
76,759,083 101,588,110
1988
5,219,450 5,219,450
$3,155,814 $17,886,946 $21,042,759
* Includes incoming simulcast during live racing.
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RACING STATISTICS
2009 $12,951,097 $49,961,210 $62,912,307
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