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Breeders' Cup World Championships Preview

For 2022, the Breeders' Cup World Championships return to Keeneland. Pre-entries closed on Monday October 24 for all the races and were released on October 26 with a total of 205 horses, including 45 from overseas, pre-entered for the 14 Championship races. Seven previous Breeders' Cup Champions are back to try for a repeat, including two-time Breeders' Cup Champion Golden Pal in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint. Final entries closed on Monday October 31 and post positions where drawn in the afternoon at Rupp Arena. Below are links to the entries for each race along with lots of other information.

Drawing the posts with Racing Secretary Ben Huffman and University of Kentucky basketball head coach John Calipari.

There are seven returning or former Breeders’ Cup Champions pre-entered: Aloha West, Ce Ce, Echo Zulu, Golden Pal, Life Is Good, Modern Games (IRE), and Order of Australia (IRE). 73 Grade/Group 1 winners are pre-entered including the undefeated Flightline, Whitney Stakes (G1) winner Life Is Good and Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Rich Strike in the $6 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1); Malathaat, Clairiere, and Nest in the $2 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1); and War Like Goddess in the $4 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1).

The 39th Breeders' Cup will have a total of 14 Championship races (all Grade 1) spread over two days of racing with $30 million in purse money on the line. Friday November 4th is billed as "Future Stars Friday" featuring all 5 Championship races for juveniles on the same card, starting with the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1) and highlighted by the $2 million TVG Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1). Saturday November 5th will have nine Grade 1 races for older horses headlined by the $6 million Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) at 1 1/4 miles. The Championships will be held at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky, for third time, the first in 2015 and the second in 2020 with only horsemen allowed due to Covid.

The Breeders' Cup will be televised on NBC, USA Network, and Peacock with the schedule shown below. All times are Eastern.
     Friday, November 4, 2:00-5:00pm - Future Stars Friday on USA Network
     Saturday, November 5, 1:00pm-3:30pm - Championship Saturday on USA Network
     Saturday, November 5, 3:30-6:00pm - Championship Saturday NBC and Peacock

Below is the list of races with conditions, purses, and post times for both days. The post times and race order were finalized on Monday October 24. Click the race names to get links for info specific to that race including a list of the contenders with a link to a profile for each horse with lots more info. Jockey assignments are not finalized and are based on the regular riders. Free past performances for both days are available here from BRISnet. You can view the official programs for both days online from Breeder's Cup here.

More on the Breeders' Cup:

• Saturday at the Breeders' Cup Part 1 - Saturday had 5 races on the dirt, headlined by the $6 million Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) won by Flightline. Also on the card were the Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) won by Malathaat, the Qatar Racing Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) won by Elite Power, the Big Ass Fans Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) won by Cody's Wish, and the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) won by Goodnight Olive. Get the results, charts, and photos here.
  
• Saturday at the Breeders' Cup Part 2 - Saturday also had 4 races on the turf, headlined by the $4 million Longines Breeders' Cup Turf (G1) won by Rebel's Romance. Also on the card were the FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) won by Modern Games, the Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1) won by Tuesday, and the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1) won by Caravel. Get the results, charts, and more photos here.

• Future Stars Friday at the Breeders' Cup - Friday had 5 races for the Juveniles on both dirt and turf at Keeneland, headlined by the FanDuel Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) won by Forte. Also on the card, Victoria Road won the Juvenile Turf (G1), Wonder Wheel won the NetJets Juvenile Fillies (G1), Meditate won the Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1), and Mischief Magic won the Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1). Get the results, charts, and photos here.
• Thursday Breeders' Cup Photos - 39 horses from Thursday morning
• Wednesday Breeders' Cup Photos - 58 horses from Wednesday morning
• Tuesday Breeders' Cup Photos - 56 horses from Tuesday morning
• Monday Breeders' Cup Photos - 45 horses from Monday morning
• Breeders' Cup Free Past Performances - for all 14 races from BRISnet.com
• Official Program - view online, download, or print the offical programs with past performances for both days from Breeder's Cup
• Breeders' Cup Weather - Check out the latest weather forecasts for the Breeders' Cup at Keeneland
• Breeders' Cup Traditions - about the signature statue, the trophies and flower blankets each winner receives, and signature cocktails.
• Breeders' Cup Hits and Near Misses - Who has won multiple times or just missed a second win plus winners who are parents of winners.
• Breeders' Cup Field Selection Rules - how they decide who gets in if a Championship race is oversubscribed at pre-entry time.
• 2021 Breeders' Cup Saturday Results - The feature race was the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic won by Knicks Go. Get the results, charts, and photos for all 9 races here.
• 2021 Breeders' Cup Friday Results - Friday was headlined by the $2 million Juvenile won by Corniche. Get the results, charts, and photos for all 5 races here.
• Satellite photo of Keeneland from Google Maps
• 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.
• Breeders' Cup Challenge Results - Winners and photos
• 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 since the change.
• America's Best Racing Breeders' Cup Special - News, lifestyle, and more
• Blood Horse Breeders' Cup Special - Entries, 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 Entries from Sporting Life
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