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BREEDERS’ CUP WORLD THOROUGHBRED CHAMPIONSHIPS

FACT SHEET

 

WHAT:

The Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships consist of eight Grade I races with purses and awards totaling $14 million guaranteed.

 

 

WHEN:

Saturday, October 30, 2004, 21st running.

 

 

WHERE:

Lone Star Park, Grand Prairie, Texas

 

BREEDERS’ CUP

WORLD THOROUGHBRED

CHAMPIONSHIP

RACES:

$2 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff – Presented by Nextel

$1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies                                    

$1.5 million NetJets Breeders’ Cup Mile

$1 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint

$1 million VO5 Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf     

$1.5 million Bessemer Trust Breeders’ Cup Juvenile                    

$2 million John Deere Breeders’ Cup Turf          

$4 million Breeders’ Cup Classic – Powered by Dodge

1 1/8 miles

1 1/16 miles

1 mile (turf)

6 furlongs

1 3/8 miles (turf)

1 1/16 miles

1 1/2 miles (turf)

1 1/4 miles

TELEVISION:

NBC Sports, 5-hour live broadcast (1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. ET)

 

BREEDERS’ CUP

WORLD THOROUGHBRED

CHAMPIONSHIPS 1984-2003

YEAR

1984

1985

1986

1987  

1988   

1989   

1990   

1991

1992   

1993

1994

1995   

1996       

1997 

1998   

1999

2000

2001  

2002

2003

TRACK

Hollywood Park, Inglewood, Calif.

Aqueduct Racetrack, Ozone Park, N.Y.

Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, Calif.  

Hollywood Park, Inglewood, Calif.  

Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky.   

Gulfstream Park, Hallandale, Fla.

Belmont Park, Elmont, N.Y. 

Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky.  Gulfstream Park, Hallandale, Fla.

Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, Calif.  

Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky.

Belmont Park, Elmont, N.Y.    

Woodbine, Toronto, Canada

Hollywood Park, Inglewood, Calif. 

Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky.

Gulfstream Park, Hallandale, Fla.

Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky.

Belmont Park, Elmont, N.Y.

Arlington Park, Arlington Heights, Ill.

Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, Calif.

ATTENDANCE

64,254

42,568

69,155

57,734

71,237

51,342

51,236

66,204

45,415

55,130

71,671

37,246

42,243

51,161

80,452

45,124

76,043

52,987

46,118

51,648

 

ON-TRACK HANDLE

$ 8,443,070

$ 7,200,175

$12,510,109

$10,202,252

$ 9,219,083

$10,216,258 

$ 9,107,280

$ 9,093,733

$ 9,915,532

$12,142,507

$ 9,572,887

$ 7,590,334

$ 5,925,469

$ 9,211,544   

$11,239,447

$15,377,709

$14,363,349

$13,087,814

$12,404,594

       $16,346,688

Note:  Beginning in 1999, handle includes eight Breeders’ Cup races with addition of F&M Turf; all other years had seven races.

 

 

 

 

BREEDERS’ CUP WORLD THOROUGHBRED

CHAMPIONSHIPS

NORTH AMERICAN

SIMULCAST

WAGERING

1984-2003:

YEAR

1984

1985   

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

SITES

19

37

53

57

92

149

256

603

625

644

748

781

875

921

909

917

1,090

1,100

1,117

  1200+

SIMULCAST HANDLE

$ 8,009,109

$19,741,113  

$19,474,381 

$21,662,205

$33,713,296

$45,129,419

$46,220,925

$55,642,551

$66,961,184

$67,602,235

$68,078,006

$56,484,875

$61,813,421

$72,659,391

$77,793,618

  $85,419,282*

$95,018,338

$91,057,372

$96,173,455

$104,284,749

 

* Beginning in 1999, handle includes eight Breeders’ Cup races; all other years had seven races

 

BREEDERS’ CUP

CHAMPIONSHIP

CAREER RECORDS:

Most wins, Jockey – Jerry Bailey, 14 

Most wins, Trainer – D. Wayne Lukas, 17

Most wins, Horse – Miesque, 2 (1987, 1988); Bayakoa (ARG), 2 (1989, 1990); Lure, 2 (1992, 1993); Da Hoss, 2 (1996, 1998); Tiznow, 2 (2000, 2001); High Chaparral, 2 (2002, 2003)

Earnings, Jockey – Pat Day,  $22,913,360

Earnings, Trainer – D. Wayne Lukas,  $18,608,400

Earnings, Horse – Tiznow, $4,560,400

 

2004 SPONSORS:

Title and Division Sponsors: Dodge, Nextel, Bessemer Trust, John Deere, NetJets; Alberto-Culver;  Sponsors: American Airlines, Budget Car Rental, FedEx; Guinness, Lexmark

 

ORGANIZATION

AND FUNDING:

Breeders’ Cup Limited is a not-for-profit organization based in Lexington, Ky.  The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) and Breeders’ Cup Limited administer the Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships and the Breeders’ Cup Stakes Program, consisting of 103 added-money races at 40 racetracks in the United States and Canada, with purses totaling more than $21 million. The Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships and the Breeders’ Cup Stakes program both are funded primarily by annual nomination payments from the industry’s owners and breeders.

 

NTRA OFFICERS:

Commissioner and CEO – D.G. Van Clief, Jr.

NTRA President and COO – Greg Avioli

 

BREEDERS’ CUP LIMITED CORPORATE OFFICERS:

President – D.G. Van Clief Jr.

Vice President/Treasurer – G. Watts Humphrey Jr.

Secretary – James A. Philpott Jr.

 

                                                                         

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