All-sources handle for the 10-race program on the first day of the 40th Breeders' Cup World Championships Nov. 3 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., was $61,747,341, the third consecutive year the Friday handle has topped $60 million.
Wagering was down 6.6 percent from the 2022 Friday totals when the championships were held at Keeneland.
The Future Stars Friday card featured five Breeders' Cup races for 2-year-old horses, the sixth consecutive year the Breeders' Cup has carded 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 43,377. On-track handle was $6,541,751.
Breeders' Cup Friday Attendance & Handle Records
2023: Santa Anita Park — 43,377; $61,747,341
2022: Keeneland — 39,851; $66,141,766
2021: Del Mar — 20,536; $61,696,893
2020: Keeneland — no attendance reported due to COVID-19; $51,409,606
2019: Santa Anita Park — 41,243; $56,517,228
2018: Churchill Downs — 42,249; $53,636,272
2017: Del Mar — 32,728; $52,273,883
2016: Santa Anita — 45,673; $49,651,600
2015: Keeneland — 44,497; $46,251,965
2014: Santa Anita — 37,205; $47,666,982
2013: Santa Anita — 35,633; $52,594,370
2012: Santa Anita — 34,619; $48,997,009
2011: Churchill Downs — 40,677; $52,095,202
2010: Churchill Downs — 41,614; $54,889,388
2009: Santa Anita — 37,651; $50,662,945
2008: Santa Anita – 31,257; $49,473,304
2007: Monmouth Park — 27,803; $31,499,007
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