The 2024 Fall Meet at Keeneland has officially come and gone, with 17 days of thoroughbred racing concluding Saturday evening.
The result? There was record-breaking all-sources wagering at the Lexington track. Keeneland reported an all-sources wagering total of $210 million for this year’s Fall Meet, which also featured record purse money awarded across 22 stakes races.
Specifically, Keeneland’s all-sources wagering (not including whole-card simulcasting at Keeneland) for the meet was $210,165,945, which beat the previous record set during the 2022 Fall Meet by more than $1 million.
A single day, all-sources wagering record for Keeneland’s Fall Meet was set on Oct. 5, the opening Saturday of the meet. That 11-race card — which included five graded stakes races — produced an all-sources wagering total of $22,356,693.
Keeneland reported an on-track handle of $16,597,162 for this year’s Fall Meet, more than a 2% increase over last year’s amount.
“The Fall Meet was exceptional,” Keeneland President and CEO Shannon Arvin said in a news release. “The class and quality of the horses and riders competing here are truly special, and we appreciate the tremendous support from our owners and trainers who make the choice to race with us.”