Thanks in part to our IdaBet.com players, Keeneland posted an all-time single-day handle record of $21,736,983 on Toyota Blue Grass Day, April 9.

All-sources wagering included $20,805,455 handled on Keeneland’s 11 live races; $423,679 wagered on the Big Apple/Bluegrass Pick 4; and on-track simulcast handle of $507,849.

The record bested the previous record of $21,647,378 set on Toyota Blue Grass Day, April 14, 2012.

Today’s program was highlighted by three Grade 1 stakes – the $1 million Toyota Blue Grass (G1), won by Brody’s Cause; $500,000 Central Bank Ashland, won by Weep No More; and $300,000 Madison, won by Sheer Drama – and featured an All-Stakes Pick 4, All-Stakes Pick 5 and a special Big Apple/Bluegrass Pick 4 on the Toyota Blue Grass and Madison from Keeneland and Wood Memorial (G1) and Bay Shore (G3) from Aqueduct.

For 80 years, the Keeneland Association has devoted itself to the health and vibrancy of the Thoroughbred industry. As the world’s largest Thoroughbred auction company, Keeneland conducts sales every January, September and November. Its sales graduates dominate racing across the globe at every level. In April and October, Keeneland offers some of the highest caliber and richest Thoroughbred racing in the world. In 2015, Keeneland hosted the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Uniquely structured, Keeneland is a private, for-profit corporation that returns its earnings to the industry and the community in the form of higher purses, and it has donated millions of dollars in charitable contributions for education, research and health and human services throughout Central Kentucky.

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