Record All-Sources Wagering at BC Future Stars Friday

The first full-throttle Breeders' Cup Friday since before the COVID-19 pandemic saw record wagering Nov. 4 at Keeneland.

All-sources handle for the 10-race Friday program of the 39th Breeders' Cup World Championships was $66,141,766, up 7% over the previous Friday record of $61,696,893 last year at Del Mar.

The Future Stars Friday card featured five Breeders' Cup races for 2-year-olds, the fifth year of carding all of the juvenile races on the same day since the event expanded to its two-day format in 2007.

Friday's on-track attendance was 39,851 amid unseasonably warm fall weather with sunny skies and high temperatures in the 70s.

On-track handle was $7,504,265, the fifth highest Friday for on-track betting since the inception of the two-day format in 2007, and the highest since the record $9,280,504 in 2017 at Del Mar.

The event follows two years of crowd limitations because of the pandemic. In 2020, the Keeneland crowd was limited to the connections of the horses, their guests, press, and VIPs. 20,536 attended last year amid some COVID-19-related capacity restrictions at Del Mar.