NYRA generates second highest all-sources handle at Saratoga meet
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The New York Racing Association, Inc. on Monday concluded its 2018 season at Saratoga Race Course with the second highest all-sources handle in history despite a summer meet that was inundated with more than 10 inches of rain.
Total all-sources handle generated during the meet was $659,083,459 even as 50 races were forced to be taken off the turf, nearly double the number from 2017 and almost as many as the prior two years combined. A total of 27 races were taken off the turf in 2017 and 25 in 2016.
The 2018 season also witnessed the largest all-sources handle in Travers Day and Woodward Day history, and the second largest wagering ever on Opening Day.
Klaravich Stables was the meet's leading owner with 21 wins. Chad Brown captured the H. Allen Jerkens training title, breaking his own Saratoga record for wins with 46 victories. Jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. clinched his second Angelo Cordero, Jr. riding title with 52 wins.
On track handle for the 2018 Saratoga meet was $148,826,388.
Total paid attendance for the 2018 Saratoga meet was 1,124,149, marking the third consecutive season that paid attendance has exceeded 1.1 million fans.
Figures for all-sources handle (not including international settlements) at Saratoga dating back to 2010, the start of the 40-day meet, are as follows:
All-Sources Handle
2010 $551,660,724
2011* $526,251,819
2012 $588,351,964
2013 $586,617,240
2014 $571,163,485
2015 $648,272,805
2016 $647,322,503
2017 $676,709,490
2018 $659,083,459
*39 race days, due to weather cancellation
Live racing returns Friday, September 7, to Belmont Park. Belmont Park's Fall Championship Meet will feature seven Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" qualifiers held over two outstanding weekends of thoroughbred racing. In all, 44 stakes worth more than $10 million and fan-friendly activities are among the highlights as live racing returns to downstate New York for Belmont's 36-day meet, which runs through Sunday, October 28.
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