Meadowlands Racetrack commenced its 2012 Championship Meet with the highest Kentucky Derby Day attendance and wagering in several years.
Total day and night attendance on Saturday, May 5 was 15,036, the largest Derby Day attendance since 2007 and 1,182 higher than the 2011 crowd of 13,854.
Total wagering in the building was $4,023,848, up nine percent over $3,686,664 in 2011, and the highest for a Derby Day since 2008. Meadowlands guests wagered $1,601,472 on the Kentucky Derby itself, won by I
