The nineteenth season of Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racing at Indiana Grand ended Nov. 11, finishing 123 days of racing. Each breeds introduced in document numbers for the 12 months, exhibiting a 47% improve in total deal with in comparison with related dates in 2019.
With the shortened season in 2020 attributable to COVID-19, deal with figures are in comparison with 2019 when a full schedule was performed at Indiana Grand. Complete deal with for 2021 got here in at $223,204,265 in comparison with deal with in 2019 at $151,791,334. The spotlight of the meet was one other record-setting day for Indiana Derby (G3) with whole deal with reaching $6,292,388. The 2021 working of the Indiana Derby marked the third straight 12 months for an all-sources deal with observe document for a single program.
“Coming off a powerful, however abbreviated 2020 season, we entered the 2021 meet with excessive expectations when it comes to deal with,” stated Eric Halstrom, vice chairman and common supervisor of racing. “We’re more than happy that we had been capable of exceed all of our objectives. Now we have a lot to have fun on the enterprise finish of our racing program, however extra importantly, we had been capable of provide a powerful racing program due to the help of each our Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred horsemen. Our partnership with each breeds permits us to offer promotions and occasions to enhance our racing program. We’re actually trying ahead to the 2022 racing season to proceed the momentum.”
4 days through the season topped $3 million in deal with, together with the closing day program on Veteran’s Day Nov. 11 that includes a seeded $50,000 Decide 5 and Charity Problem with 20 handicappers submitting $250 tickets into the wager to lift funding for Homeless Veterans and Households of Indiana. Complete deal with for the day was $3,150,488, the very best deal with ever recorded on a Thursday program within the historical past of Indiana Grand.
Quarter Horse racing additionally confirmed main will increase in 2021. Deal with for the sprinters topped $1 million twice with the Saturday, July 3, program setting a brand new Quarter Horse deal with document of $1,201,604. A complete of six all Quarter Horse racing days had been supplied in 2021.
Purse cash additionally set new information. Each breeds mixed included purses of $36,439,755 over the 123-day meet. A brand new document for every day purse distribution was additionally set providing a median of $298,686 per day.
The twentieth season of Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racing is about to renew April 19 and run by means of Nov. 23. Racing will probably be held Monday by means of Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. ET with Thursday racing starting at 3:30 p.m. A complete of 12 Saturday racing applications will probably be held in 2022. For extra data on occasions and racing, go to www.indianagrand.com.
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