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Breeders' Cup World Championships at November 3 & 4 at Santa Anita Park

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Breeders' Cup 2023 is scheduled to be held at Santa Anita Park on November 1 & 2.

Each racing season ends with just one finish line: the Breeders' Cup World Championships. It's the two-day, 14-race, year-end culmination that every horse, jockey, trainer, and owner across the globe has in their sights.

The 40th Breeders' Cup begins on Friday, Nov. 3 with Future Stars Friday, where the sport's stars of tomorrow compete in five Juvenile (two-year-old) races. The non-stop action continues on Saturday where the Breeders' Cup will crown nine more World Champions across different surfaces and divisions, including the season-defining $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic.

Friday's first Breeders' Cup Championship race will be Race #6, which will have a post time of 3 p.m. ET. Post time for the last Breeders' Cup race of the day, Race #10, will be 5:40 p.m. ET.

There will be 12 races on Saturday, Nov. 5, featuring nine Breeders' Cup World Championships races. The day opens with two undercard races, beginning with a first race post time of 10:30 a.m. ET. The first Breeders' Cup Championship race will be Race #3, which will have a post time of 11:50 a.m. ET.

2024 BREEDERS' CUP RACE SCHEDULE

205 Horses, Including 59 International Contenders, Pre-Entered For 2023 Breeders' Cup World Championships

OCT 25 - Led by Arcangelo, Arabian Knight, and Ushba Tesoro (JPN) in the $6 million Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), Auguste Rodin (IRE) in the $4 million Longines Breeders' Cup Turf (G1), Adare Manor and Idiomatic the $2 million Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1), and Cody's Wish in the $1 million Big Ass Fans Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1), 205 horses have been pre-entered for the 2023 Breeders' Cup World Championships.

The 40th Breeders' Cup World Championships, Thoroughbred racing's most prestigious two-day global event consisting of 14 races with purses and awards totaling more than $31 million, will be held November 3-4 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. for a record 11th time. "Future Stars Friday" features five World Championships races exclusively for 2-year-olds. There will be nine Breeders' Cup Championship races on the Saturday program.

Shadwell Estate Company's Mostahdaf (IRE), winner of the Aug. 23 Juddmonte International Stakes (G1) last out and a key contender for the Breeders' Cup Turf, and four-time group 1 winner Paddington (GB) in the FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) lead a stellar slate of 59 pre-entered international contenders. Fans can learn more about their favorite runners via the contender profiles at BreedersCup.com, which provide extensive statistics, race replays, news, photos, and more.

Four Breeders' Cup Champions are back to defend their 2022 titles: Caravel (Turf Sprint), Cody's Wish (Dirt Mile), Elite Power (Sprint), and Goodnight Olive (Filly & Mare Sprint).

In addition, 46 pre-entered horses earned automatic starting positions into the World Championships races through the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In.

"Once again, an outstanding group of horses has been pre-entered for this year's Breeders' Cup World Championships and we look forward to two days of fantastic racing at Santa Anita Park," said Drew Fleming, President and CEO of Breeders' Cup Limited. "The competition has never been stronger and the prestige of entering the Breeders' Cup winner's circle has never been higher.

"We want to thank the talented men and women across the globe who provide the ecosystem of care that enables these magnificent Thoroughbreds to compete at the top of their game. We also thank our extraordinary host, 1/ST Racing and their beautiful venue, Santa Anita Park, and to recognize our breeders and nominators for their commitment to help underwrite the World Championships. We also want to thank the bettors and fans around the world for their constant support. We can't wait to gather next weekend to watch the world's best Thoroughbreds put on a spectacular show."

2023 Breeders' Cup Race Order, Post Times and Wagering Menu

Breeders' Cup Limited announced today the official order of races, post times, and wagering menu for the 2023 Breeders' Cup World Championships, scheduled to take place on Friday, Nov. 3 and Saturday, Nov. 4 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif.

There will be a total of 10 races (five Breeders' Cup races) on the first day of the Championships - "Future Stars Friday" - and 12 races on the Saturday program (nine Breeders' Cup races). The Friday program begins at 11:30 a.m. PT with four undercard races. The first Breeders' Cup World Championships race on Friday will be the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1), which will have a post time of 2 p.m. PT. The Prevagen Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) (Race #9) will be the final Breeders' Cup race of the day with a post time of 4:40 p.m. PT. A Santa Anita allowance race (Race #10) will conclude the first-day card with a post time of 5:10 p.m. PT.

Championship Saturday's first post is 10:10 a.m. PT and begins with two undercard races. The $6 million Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) (Race #9) will have a post time of 3:40 p.m. PT. The Classic will be followed by the $1 million Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1) (Race #10) at 4:25 p.m. PT, and the $2 million Qatar Racing Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) at 5 p.m. PT. Saturday's program will conclude with a Santa Anita allowance race (Race #12) with a post time of 5:30 p.m. PT.

This year, a total of 27 countries, including Canada, England, France, Germany, and Ireland, will be offering pari-mutuel, commingled wagering on the World Championships through the Breeders' Cup Global Pool.

Nine other jurisdictions will be offering separate pool wagering: Argentina, Australia, Ecuador, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Paraguay, and Turkey.

Breeders' Cup will also offer a third, middle Pick 5 on Saturday, starting with Race 3. The early Pick 5 will start with Race 1 and the late Pick 5 with Race 7. Last year's late Pick 5 on Saturday generated a $4.8 million pool while the late Pick 4 offered a $3 million pool.

Championships Race Order and Post Times (All Times Pacific)

The first Championship race on "Future Stars Friday" will be the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1) (2:00 p.m.) followed by the $2 million NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) (2:40 p.m.), the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) (3:20 p.m.), the $2 million FanDuel Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) (4 p.m.) and the $1 million Prevagen Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) (4:40 p.m.).

Championship Saturday begins with two undercard races followed by the $1 million Big Ass Fans Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) (11:30 a.m.), the $2 million Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) (12:10 p.m.), $1 million PNC Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) (12:50 p.m.), the $2 million FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) (1:30 p.m.), the $2 million Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) (2:10 p.m. PT), the $4 million Longines Breeders' Cup Turf (G1) (2:50 p.m.), the $6 million Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) (3:40 p.m.), the $1 million Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1) (4:25 p.m.), and the $2 million Qatar Racing Breeders' Cup Sprint (5:00 p.m.).

The race order for the undercard races on Breeders' Cup Friday and Saturday will be announced on Monday, Oct. 30.

OCT 10 - Blue Rose Farm's Arcangelo, winner of the Belmont Stakes (G1) and the Travers Stakes (G1), has finished first in the final poll of the 2023 Longines Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings, a weekly rating of the top 10 horses in contention for the $6 million Longines Breeders' Cup Classic. This year's Breeders' Cup Classic will be run Nov. 4 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.

Trained by Jena Antonucci, the 3-year-old son of Breeders' Cup Classic winner Arrogate took the top spot in the rankings following his victory in the Aug. 26 Travers at Saratoga, and held the lead for the next seven weeks. Arcangelo received 312 votes in the final poll, registering 23 first-place votes.

Three-year-olds also secured the next two spots in the rankings. Pin Oak Stud LLC's Geaux Rocket Ride, winner of the TVG.com Haskell Stakes (G1) and runner-up in the FanDuel Racing Pacific Classic (G1), finished second with 261 votes. Zedan Racing Stables, Inc.'s Arabian Knight, the Pacific Classic winner, finished third with 245 votes.

C2 Racing Stable, LLC and La Milagrosa Stable, LLC's White Abarrio, who won Saratoga's Whitney Stakes (G1), finished fourth, accumulating 222 votes. Jeff Drown's 4-year-old Zandon, winner of the Woodward (G2) at Aqueduct, finished fifth with 136 votes. Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable's 4-year-old Bright Future, winner of the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1), finished sixth with 116 votes.

Kenji Ryotokuji's 6-year-old Ushba Tesoro (JPN), who won the Dubai World Cup (G1), rose from 11th place to seventh with 103 votes. Godolphin's 5-year-old Proxy, runner-up in the Jockey Club Gold Cup, finished eighth with 101 votes. FMQ Stable's 3-year-old Saudi Crown, winner of the Pennsylvania Derby (G1), finished in ninth place with 97 votes. Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable's Forte, second in the Belmont Stakes and winner of the Jim Dandy Stakes (G2), finished 10th with 90 votes.

The 2023 Longines Breeders' Cup Rankings began on July 18 and concluded today after 13 weeks of voting. Forte grabbed the lead in the rankings in the fourth week, following the defeat by White Abarrio of Cody's Wish in the Aug. 5 Whitney. However, Forte relinquished the top rating to Arcangelo after finishing fourth in the Travers.

The Longines Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings were determined by a panel of leading Thoroughbred racing media, horseplayers, and members of the Breeders' Cup Racing Directors/Secretaries Panel.

About Breeders' Cup - World Championship Horse Racing Since 1984

Every sport has a definitive year-ending event to crown its champions. In Thoroughbred racing, the Breeders' Cup World Championships is the culmination of the horse racing season worldwide and the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic is the defining event of the international racing season.

The Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships held the first series of its seven races before a crowd of 64,254 horse racing, horse betting, horse wagering, and handicapping fans at Hollywood Park in 1984. Today, purses for the fifteen races of the Breeders’ Cup amount to $26 million. The most important race in the series, the Breeders' Cup Classic, has a total purse of $5 million, with a winner's share of more than $2.5 million.

The Breeders’ Cup traces its roots back to 1982, with a group of Horse racing leaders frontlined by John R. Gaines, founding father of the Breeders’ Cup and former owner of Gainesway Farm near Lexington, Kentucky. The group had envisioned a vehicle to promote the sport, which would not only be a showcase of the sport’s finest elements but also a grand finale to the racing season, with a multimillion dollar total purse. Every one of those visions came true.

The Breeders’ Cup inaugural event was held on November 10, 1984 at glitzy Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California. It was an instant hit. The championship races have since become the cornerstone of a year-round program that has allocated over $380 million to owners and breeders alike. Most divisional champions crowned since 1984 have participated in a Breeders' Cup racing event.

In 1986, a separate $250,000 Breeders' Cup Steeplechase, run two weeks earlier than the series at a different track, was added to the program. That race was discontinued after 1993. A turf race for fillies and mares was added in 1999.

Breeders' Cup Betting - In Thoroughbred racing, the Breeders' Cup is the culmination of the horse racing season worldwide.

After Hollywood Park, the Breeders’ Cup would change venues yearly. Each fall, a different North American track plays host to the prestigious thoroughbred racing event, which have included the richly historical Churchill Downs, the stately Belmont Park, and the panoramic Santa Anita Park in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains.

Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, holds the records for both Breeders' Cup attendance and total horse betting. The renowned racecourse attracted 80,452 spectators in 1998, and when the races came back to Louisville in 2000, over $108 million was wagered.

Since 1984, the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships has continued to grow in popularity owing to its prestige and keen level of competition. Contending horses have not only come from the US but all the way from England, Ireland, France, Japan, and Germany. The races are televised on both NBC and ESPN (pre-championships), and simulcast in 25 countries, with horserace wagering at more than $108 million.

But beyond the foreign players and media sponsors, thoroughbred owners and breeders have served as the Breeders’ Cup’s backbone since the very beginning. They not only supply the race horses competing in the Breeders' Cup events but also pay the nominations from which the organization, Breeder’s Cup Limited, derives its major source of funding.

As an international program, the Breeders’ Cup has instituted a nomination process to breeders around the world. Stallion owners annually pay a nomination fee that is the equivalent of a stallion's advertised stud fee, or a minimum of $1,000. Breeders pay a nomination fee of $500 for each foal. Nominated horses are eligible to compete for millions in both the Breeders’ Cup Stakes program and the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships events. Annual nominations from all over the world have made the Breeders’ Cup a truly global institution.

The Breeders’ Cup has no doubt accomplished what its founders set out to do, and more. Today, after 32 years and running, the Breeders’ Cup remains the definitive test of Horse racing champions, and has become thoroughbred racing’s most recognizable and successful showpiece worldwide.