Attendance, Handle on KY Oaks Card Decline in Rain

One of the smallest crowds in the recent history of the Kentucky Oaks (G1) saw undefeated Happiness The lilies won on May 2 in the 151th edition on a day when a mid -after -processes storm and turned the careless track he ate in Churchill Downs.

The multitude of 100,910 was the smallest since 100,118 in 2022 and, before that, 100,046 in 2008. In 2022, the rain was forecast, but the bets established records. The record crowd, set in 2016, is 124,589.

The bets of all sources on the complete race card of Oaks reached $ 73.9 million, 1.9% less than last year $ 75.3 million.

The bets of all sources in the Kentucky Oaks race of $ 1.5 million of this year were $ 22.7 million, an increase of 4.6% compared to $ 21.7 million last year. The 2022 record is $ 24.3 million.

“Today we honor and congratulate the connections of good joy,” said Churchill Downs president Mike Anderson. “We thank our many fans, sponsors, riders and horse players who contributed to making the 151º Oaks of Kentucky today a remarkable celebration.”

Twinspirs, the official Kentucky Oaks betting partner, handled a $ 20.9 million record in bets in Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Oaks day program, compared to the record last year of $ 20.3 million, included.

In the early betting of the Kentucky derby (G1) until 7:30 pm et Friday, Journalism He was a 7-2 favorite followed by Sandbox 9-2, Sovereignty to 9-1, and the rest of the field between 11-1 and 49-1. The highest prices were Admire Daytona at 41-1 and Neoquos to 49-1.

Twinspires.com from 7:12 PM ET showed $ 4,317,523 in the Victorias Group, $ 1,011,075 in the place group and $ 1,067,984 in the exhibition group, for a collective total of almost $ 6.4 million, cover $ 500,000 ahead. That is a fraction of the percentage of money that will finally be in each of those groups that attracted $ 89.2 million last year.

The double of Oaks-Derby had a bet of $ 3.3 million compared to $ 3 million last year.