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Article: Total Wagering on Kentucky Derby and Churchill Downs' Derby Day Race Card Establishes North American Record; Attendance at Churchill Downs Highest Ever For Derby Run Over a Wet Track.
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- PR Newswire
- Article date:
- May 2, 2004
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Total wagering on the 130th Kentucky Derby and the Derby Day racing card at Churchill Downs smashed a North American record for total betting on an individual event and a single day of races that had been established in the 2003 renewal of the famed "Run for the Roses."
Fans who gathered at Churchill Downs and at racetracks and simulcast outlets throughout North America wagered a record $99,348,706 on the Derby, which was won over a sloppy track by Someday Farm's Smarty Jones. The wagering total for the Kentucky Derby itself rose by nearly 13 percent from the 2003 total of $87,968,037. Total betting on the 12-race Kentucky Derby Day card at Churchill Downs rose ...