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Breeders' Cup World Championships Entries

Results are here!

On Tuesday afternoon, post positions were drawn for the fourteen races of the 25th Breeders' Cup World Championships, to be run this Friday and Saturday at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. As usual, large well-matched fields will go to post, but there are a few obvious standouts that look to go off at short odds. Defending champion and Horse of the Year Curlin is the 7-5 favorite on the morning line for the Classic and last year's Juvenile Fillies champion Indian Blessing is 2-1 for the Filly and Mare Sprint, but Ladies Classic favorite Zenyatta is expected to be the shortest price on the day, quoted at 3-5. Race order and post times are listed below.

This year brings a lot of changes to the Breeders' Cup as they expand to a total of 14 races spread over two days of racing with $25.5 million in purse money on the line. Friday will be "Ladies Day" with five races for the distaff divisions, headlined by the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic (formerly the Breeders' Cup Distaff) worth $2 million. Saturday will have nine races ranging from the 6 furlong Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) to the new 1 1/2 mile Breeders' Cup Marathon. The feature race on Saturday will still be the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1).

With the extra races added, a record 180 horses were pre-entered for this year's Breeders' Cup, including 35 horses from overseas. Seven former or defending champions are among those entered for the 25th Breeders' Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park. Previous Breeders' Cup winners who are back again are: Curlin (2007 Classic), Midnight Lute (2007 Sprint), Kip Deville (2007 Mile), Indian Blessing (2007 Juvenile Fillies), Ginger Punch (2007 Distaff, now named Ladies' Classic), Better Talk Now (2004 Turf), and Red Rocks (2006 Turf).

This year the Breeders' Cup will be televised on ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2 with the schedule so far being:
     Friday, October 24, 3:30-6:30 ET on ESPN2
     Saturday, October 25, 1:30-3:30 ET on ABC
     Saturday, October 25, 3:30-7:00 ET on ESPN
Check here for the latest TV schedule including preps and preview shows.

Below is the list of races with conditions, purses, and post times for both days. Click the race names to get links for info specific to that race plus a list of the horses entered with post positions and morning line odds. Each horse's name will link to a full profile with a photo and lots of info about that horse. A maximum of 14 starters are allowed in each of the races, with the exception of the Juvenile Turf, Juvenile Fillies Turf and the Dirt Mile, which are limited to 12 starters.

More on the Breeders' Cup:

• Free past performances for the 2008 Breeders' Cup races:

  Saturday Races: Turf Sprint Dirt Mile Mile Juvenile Juvenile Turf Sprint Turf Classic (BRIS) Classic (DRF)

  Friday Races: Filly and Mare Sprint Juvenile Fillies Turf Juvenile Fillies Filly and Mare Turf Ladies' Classic (BRIS) Ladies' Classic (DRF) Sorry, nothing available for the Marathon.

• 2008 Breeders' Cup Saturday Results - Saturday was bigger than ever with 9 championship races. The feature race was the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic where European invader Raven's Pass upset heavy favorite Curlin, who was 4th. Get the results, charts, and photos for all 9 races here. New!
• 2008 Breeders' Cup Friday Results - This year Friday featured 5 races for fillies and mares only, headlined by the $2 million Ladies' Classic (formerly the Distaff) won by heavy favorite Zenyatta. Also on the card, Stardom Bound won the Juvenile Fillies and Forever Together won the Filly and Mare Turf. Get the results, charts, and photos for all 5 races here. New!
• Thursday Breeders' Cup Works - Photos and comments for 19 more of the Breeders' Cup horses on the track at Santa Anita on Thursday morning. New!
• Wednesday Breeders' Cup Works - Photos and comments for 42 more of the Breeders' Cup horses on the track at Santa Anita on Wednesday morning. New!
• Tuesday Breeders' Cup Works - Photos and comments for 29 more of the Breeders' Cup horses on the track at Santa Anita on Tuesday morning. New!
• Monday Breeders' Cup Works - Photos and comments for 37 horses on the track at Santa Anita including Curlin in a timed work. New!
• Curlin works at Santa Anita - he is definite for the Classic after going 5f in 59.12 between races on Oct. 13. New!
• The Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita - An overview of the influence of Santa Anita on the Breeders' Cup World Championship races.
• Review: Betting Synthetic Surfaces - Conquering Racing's Newest Frontier By Bill Finley. Using research and statistics, this book helps educate horseplayers on angles and strategies for synthetic races. An excellent way to prepare for this year's Breeders' Cup. New!
• Review: Crushing the Cup 2008 - by Jim Mazur and Peter Mallett. An invaluable tool for trying to unlock the mysteries of handicapping the Breeders' Cup races at Santa Anita. New!
• Breeders' Cup Weather - What will the weather be like at Santa Anita on October 25? Here are lots of places to find out!
• Satellite photo of Santa Anita from Google Maps
• Breeders' Cup Links - the master list with even more info
• Handicapping the Breeders' Cup - Resources, tips, and more to help you handicap the Breeders' Cup.
• Breeders' Cup History - Historical info, past results, and photos from previous runnings
• The Breeders' Cup Championship Day - The official page for the Breeders' Cup championship races. Just about anything you need to know about it: results, video clips, and race calls for past years, and eventually nominations, entries, and results.
• Free Prep Replays - Unfortunately this is all Flash now. Go to the Breeders' Cup home page, click "Races & Video" and then "Videos" to view the prep races.
• Points Standings - from the Breeders' Cup
• TV Schedule - for all the preps and other programming leading up to the big day
• 2010 Breeders' Cup location announced - Churchill Downs will host the 27th edition of the Breeders' Cup World Championships. New!
• Breeders' Cup Postcards - Breeders' Cup theme virtual postcards to send your friends including all last year's winners
• Breeders' Cup Supplemental Entries - past supplements and how they fared
• Blood Horse Countdown to the Cup - Contenders, news, history and more
• Daily Racing Form coverage - Full coverage with lots of news, stats, and other info.
• Thoroughbred Times Breeders' Cup Coverage - News, contender profiles, stats, history, and more.
• The Downey Profile Breeders' Cup Special - analysis of each horse in each race
• Breeders Cup contenders - from Chef-de-Race.com including dosage and pedigree info.
• European News - the latest on the Euro contenders from Sporting Life
• 2007 Breeders' Cup Saturday Results - Results and photos for all eight of the races run on Saturday including the Classic, Turf, and Ladies' Classic.
• 2007 Breeders' Cup Friday Results - Results and photos for the inaugural runnings of the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, Filly and Mare Sprint, and Juvenile Turf.
• Tickets and Travel - Sources for getting tickets either privately or via ticket brokers plus seating diagrams and travel/hotel information.
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