New Downs Wagering Mark CHURCHILL DOWNS, Louisville, Ky., May 5. — The Derby day crowd, estimated at the 100,000 mark, wagered 54,360,232 on the nine-race program for a record mutuel handle at Churchill Downs. The total bettered the 195S * figure of ,280,287, the previous high. However, the Derby race handle of ,666,944 fell slightly under the ,677,178 wagered on the 81st running of the Derby last year.
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