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Breeders’ Cup Classic Contenders: ARABIAN KNIGHT

The field is almost set for the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Santa Anita Park on Saturday (Nov. 4). The 1¼-mile Classic is the centerpiece of racing’s two-day, 14-race, $31 million championships. In the days leading up to the race, usracing.com will publish snapshots of the entries....
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The Grand Spectacle: Breeders' Cup Post-Times

The Breeders' Cup has released the post times for all of the races set to be contested during its two-day World Championships -- 14 Championship races and eight undercard races with total purses and awards of more than $31 million. The event will be held for the 40th time this year. Returning to Sa...
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Breeders' Cup History: Classic

The Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), which is worth $6 million again this year, has always been contested at the classic distance of 1 1⁄4 miles on dirt. It used to be the richest race in the world until the Dubai World Cup in 1995, then the inaugural Pegasus World Cup, the Prix de l’Arc...
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Breeders' Cup History: Dirt Mile

The Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, sponsored again this year by Big Ass Fans, was run for the first time in 2007 at Monmouth Park in the first year the world championships event expanded beyond the single day of racing. Initially because of the configuration of Monmouth’s main track and the fact the t...
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Breeders' Cup History: Filly & Mare Turf

Maker’s Mark is the title sponsor of the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf, which will be contested for the 25th time and this year-end contest is often a predictor of who will be crowned champion in the older female turf division in North America. Only eleven times since first being contested...
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Breeders' Cup History: Distaff

The Breeders' Cup Distaff is a nine-furlong main track race for fillies and mares, three years old and up. It is one of the seven original Breeders’ Cup championship races. It was known as the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic between 2008 and 2012, but reverted to its more preferred and rightful ...
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Breeders' Cup History: Filly & Mare Sprint

The Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1), first run at Monmouth Park in 2007 in what was the first year the World Championships expanded beyond the single-day format, and aside from the first year when it was offered at six furlongs, has been contested at seven furlongs. In all but three year...
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Breeders' Cup History: Mile

This year, the FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile, presented by the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund (PDJF), once again will be worth $2 million. Raised from $1.5 million in 2007, the one-mile grass event has been held every year since the event's inception in 1984. European imports have fared exceptiona...
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Breeders' Cup History: Sprint

The Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) is another of the seven original Breeders’ Cup races. It has always been contested at the six-furlong distance and this year again offers a purse of $2 million. This race has always been a significant predictor of who will win the year-end Eclipse Award as an outsta...
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