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Breeders' Cup World Championships Contenders

This year, the Breeders' Cup will again have a total of 13 races spread over two days of racing with $24.5 million in purse money on the line. Friday November 4th will have four races headlined by the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Distaff, run for several years as the Ladies Classic, worth $2 million. Saturday November 5th will have nine races headlined by the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) at 1 1/4 miles. For a record ninth time, the races will be held at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Because the facility is large enough, there will be unlimited walk-up standing room admission on both race days, but tickets will be sold in advance as usual.

Pre-entries will close on October 26 for all the races, and those horses will be the only ones who can enter. Final entries will be taken and post positions drawn on October 31.

The Breeders' Cup will be televised on NBC and NBC Sports, but the exact schedule is not yet known. Based on previous years, the schedule should be as shown below:
     Friday, November 4, 3:00-6:00pm on NBC Sports
     Saturday, November 5, 1:00-4:00 on NBC Sports
     Saturday, November 5, 4:00-6:00pm ET (Classic only) on NBC

Below is the list of races with conditions, purses, and post times for both days. The post times are not set yet so they could be changed as late as after the final entries. Click the race names to get links for info specific to that race including a list of the the top contenders with link to a profile for each horse with lots more info.

More on the Breeders' Cup:

• Breeders' Cup Weather - Check out the latest weather forecasts for the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita
• Review: Crushing the Cup 2014 - by Jim Mazur and Peter Mallett. An invaluable tool for trying to unlock the mysteries of handicapping the Breeders' Cup races at Santa Anita. Will be updated for 2016.
• Breeders' Cup Field Selection Rules - how they decide who gets in if a Championship race is oversubscribed at pre-entry time.
• Breeders' Cup Tickets - on eBay.com
• 2015 Breeders' Cup Saturday Results - The feature race was the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic won by American Pharoah. Get the results, charts, and photos for all 9 races here.
• 2015 Breeders' Cup Friday Results - Friday was headlined by the $2 million Ladies Classic won by Stopchargingmaria. Get the results, charts, and photos for all 4 races here.
• 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 - for major prep races in the Breeders' Cup Challenge. The ones with camera logos have video available.
• Breeders' Cup Challenge - all the win and you're in races with results.
• Points Standings - from the Breeders' Cup
• Breeders' Cup Postcards - Breeders' Cup theme virtual postcards to send your friends including many past winners
• Breeders' Cup Supplemental Entries - The old official policy on supplemental entries plus all the supplemental entries and how they fared, mostly it was a losing proposition. There are no more supplements now, only late nominations making it impossible to track now.
• 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. Also news for each division is available here.
• A History of Dosage in the Breeders' Cup - from Chef-de-Race.com including dosage and pedigree info.
• European News - the latest on the Euro contenders from Sporting Life
• Tickets and Travel - Sources for getting tickets either privately or via ticket brokers plus seating diagrams and travel/hotel information.
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