Woodbine Opening Day a Record Setter

Sunday, June 13, 2021 | 2:34 pm

Updated: June 13, 2021 at 2:35 pm

Toronto Ont.June 12, 2021,Woodbine Racetrack.Thoroughbred's break from the starting gate in race 1, for the start of the 2021 thoroughbred race season at Woodbine Racetrack on opening day.#1, Northern Ruby under jockey Keveh Nicholls ,(winner #4 yellow silks middle ) Five Days in May jockey Daisuke Fukumoto.Woodbine/ Michael Burns Photo

Woodbine opened its 2021 season Saturday with an opening-day record handle of $6,912,477. Opening day was delayed two months due to the pandemic. The $6.9-million handle broke the previous opening-day handle record of $5.5 million set in 2020, which was also had a delayed opening day due to the pandemic. Saturday's eighth race (14-horse, mile, maiden allowance on the E.P. Taylor turf course) generated the largest single-race handle of the day at $1.1 million. The average per race handle was $628,407.