Record $80 Million Bet on Kentucky Downs Meet

Record wagering on FanDuel Meet at Kentucky Downs reached $80 million. Purses reached almost $18 million, with $12,896,355 bet on Wednesday's closing card. The average field size was 10.61 horses.

Baird won his first race at Kentucky Downs. One Timer took the $600,000 Franklin-Simpson (G2). Chris Emigh, 51, is the third-winningest jockey all-time at Arlington. Bad Beat Brian won for his wife, Brittany Vanden Berg, in an $180,00 allowance race. Maker led the way with 66 starts, more than double No. 2 Steve Asmussen’s 32. King of the Turf Handicapping Challenge had 640 entries, 126 entries in all three stand-along, live-money contests. Tom Rapps of suburban Cleveland won the title of National TurF Handicerap of The Year and the Global Tote King Of The Turfs Championship Belt.