Breeders’ Cup By-The-Numbers
By US Racing Staff
A Breeders’ Cup by-the-numbers following pre-entries on Oct. 28:
0 – fans allowed to attend the 2020 Breeders’ Cup
Zenyatta (photo via Zenyatta.com).
1 – female (Zenyatta) winner of the Breeders’ Cup Classic
1 ¼ — mile distance for the Breeders’ Cup Classic
2 – Kentucky breds based in Japan pre-entered in BC Sprint (Jasper Prince, Pingxiang)
3 – Breeders’ Cup Classic wins for trainer Bob Baffert (American Pharoah, Bayern, Arrogate)
3.12 – million dollars goes to winner of Breeders’ Cup Classic
4 – wins in 4 starts for Jackie’s Warrior (Breeders’ Cup Juvenile)
5 – Breeders’ Cup races on Friday (Nov. 6)
5:13 – p.m. (ET) post time for the Breeders’ Cup Classic
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6 – Breeders’ Cup Turf wins for trainer Aidan O’Brien
7 – year-olds pre-entered include Tom’s d’Etat, Channel Maker, and Starship Jubilee
9 – Breeders’ Cup races on Saturday (Nov. 7)
12 – horses is the maximum allowed in Breeder’s Cup Dirt Mile (14 is the max for all other BC races)
13 – Breeders’ Cup Classic winners voted Horse of the Year
13 ½ — lengths, largest margin of victory in a Breeders’ Cup race (Inside Information, 1995 BC Distaff)
14 – Breeders’ Cup races
23 – pre-entries for the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile
30 – horses cross-entered
30.065 – million dollars in Breeders’ Cup purses won by Bob Baffert
31 – million dollars in purse money up for grabs
37 – Breeders’ Cups after the Nov. 6-7 edition
39 – pre-entries from overseas
45 – horses have gone off at 100-1 odds or better; only 133-1 shot Arcangues won (1993 BC Classic)
65 — odds-on (or less) choices have run in the Breeders’ Cup, with 28 winning
66 – 2-year-olds pre-entered for 3 turf races on Friday (Nov. 6), 12 of them cross-entered.
107 – favorites from 346 Breeders’ Cup races have won (31% rate)
201 – horses pre-entered in the Breeders’ Cup
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