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Average daily handle increases at Pimlico

Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 4:01 PM

The Maryland Jockey Club concluded its spring meeting at Pimlico Race Course on May 23 with an 8.9% increase in average daily handle from $6.293-million in 2008 to $6.854-million in ’09.

The spring meet featured just 20 live racing dates, 11 fewer than a year ago. Increased wagering for the May 16 card, headlined by the BlackBerry Preakness Stakes (G1), was the reason for the increase.

Wagering on the 13-race card generated more than $86.6-million, the fifth-largest total in the 134-year history of the event and an 18% increase from a year ago. Nearly $60-million was bet on the Preakness itself as superstar filly Rachel Alexandra defeated 12 colts and geldings in one of the most anticipated runnings of the race in decades.

The race drew 10.9-million viewers on NBC Sports, up 38% from 2008, when 7.9-million viewers watched Big Brown dominate the middle jewel of racing’s Triple Crown. The race portion of the 2009 Preakness (5:56-6:50 p.m. ET) registered a national rating of 6.8 with a 16 share, the highest numbers since Smarty Jones won the Preakness five years ago (7.7/19) and the second-highest since 1990 (7.9/23).

“The build up to the Preakness was nothing short of spectacular and the race lived up to the hype,” Maryland Jockey Club President Tom Chuckas said. “First, we had a 50-to-1 longshot win the [Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1)], which didn’t scare away any of the major contenders leading into the Derby. Then it was the drama surrounding Rachel Alexandra. First, would she get into the field because her previous owners had not nominated her to the Triple Crown and then, could she beat the boys? The storyline generated national coverage from all the networks, which heightened interest in the race.”

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