The Breeders’ Cup World Championships is an yearly set of Grade I Thoroughbred horse races, managed by Breeders’ Cup Limited, a company formed in 1982. From its inception in 1984 through 2006, it was a single-day event; starting in 2007, it expanded into two days. All websites have been in the USA, but in 1996, when the races were in the Woodbine Racetrack in Canada.
The presence at the Breeders’ Cup changes, depending mainly on the capacity of the host track. Santa Anita Park set the highest two-day attendance figure of 118,484 at 2016. [1] The lowest two-day presence was 69,584 at 2007 in Monmouth Park. [2] The attendance typically only paths the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Kentucky Oaks (and in certain years, the Belmont Stakes); for more information see American Thoroughbred Racing top Attended Occasions.
With the addition of three races for 2008, a total of $25.5 million was awarded over the 2 days, up from $23 million in 2007. With the subsequent removal of two races, the bags for the remaining Seven races totaled $24.5 million in 2014, also awards for foal and stallion nominators. [3] Prior to this 2016 running, the total bags were raised from $26 million to $28 million. The bag of the Classic was increased from $5 million to $6 million, and the bag of this Longines Turf was raised from $3 million to $4 million. [4] In 2018, complete prizes and awards were raised to over $30 million after a different race, the Juvenile Turf Sprint, was inserted along with the purse for its Sprint was raised to $2 million. [5]
Each Breeders’ Cup race presents four Breeders’ Cup decorations to the connections of this winner along with a garland of flowers draped over the withers of the horse that is winning. Most Breeders’ Cup winners will go on to win the Eclipse Award in their respective branch. For instance, of those eleven flat racehorse categories, seven of those Eclipse winners in 2015 had won a Breeders’ Cup race, while three others were at the money. [6]
From the 2015 list of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA), three Breeders’ Cup races have been rated among the best Grade 1 races in the world: the Classic (4th), the Turf (10th) and the Mile (12th). The Distaff is ranked second among the top Grade 1 races for fillies and mares. [7]Through 2006, you will find eight races on the Breeders’ Cup card, all classified as Grade I races. In 2007, three races — the Dirt Mile, Filly and Mare Sprint, and Juvenile Turf — were added, all of them operate the Friday prior to the remaining eight races. Three more new races — a Turf Sprint, Juvenile Filly Turf and Marathon — were added for 2008. [33] A Juvenile Sprint was inserted for 2011.
The championship races in 2009 (pictured) were the next year to have a day devoted to female horses. Since 2013, the gender on the two days is blended between races.
The arrangement of the races on the card has changed many times throughout the event’s history, but the Turf and Classic are traditionally the last two races. The 2008 event was the first where Day 1 of the event was committed to races for fillies and mares, together with Day 2 featuring all other races. For 2009, the Marathon, open to runners of both sexes, was transferred from Day 2 to be the opening race 1, but all other races remained on the afternoon they had been conducted in 2008. In 2011, the Marathon was transferred from Day 1 to Day 2, with the Juvenile Sprint becoming the first race total (and also the only one on Day 1 available to males). The Marathon returned to Day 1 at 2012. Since 2013, the first day was no longer primarily devoted to races for fillies and mares, together with all the Dirt Mile and Juvenile Turf proceeding to Day 1 and the Filly & Mare Sprint and Filly & Mare Turf moving to Day 2.
Two other major changes were produced in 2013. First, the Juvenile Sprint (on dirt) was stopped after just two runnings. That race was widely perceived as a consolation prize for horses not great enough to operate in the Juvenile. [8] Second, the Ladies’ Vintage returned to its initial name of Distaff. Whenever the latter statement was made, Breeders’ Cup president Craig Fravel said,
We restored the Ladies’ Classic to the original name because of feedback from our faithful fans who have a strong affinity for the Distaff. In recognition of our 30th year, the Distaff has supplied us with some of racing’s most remarkable minutes, typified by these outstanding thoroughbreds as Lady’s Secret, Personal Ensign, Azeri, Zenyatta, and also our two-time defending champion, Royal Delta. It is a fitting tribute to bring back the name Distaff to honor the rich history of the championships. [8]
For 2018, the sprint race for two-year olds was revived, now on turf since the Juvenile Turf Sprint. According to officials, the turf races for age-old older horses have more entries than can fit within the Breeders’ Cup limitation of 12 to 14 horses, so that they needed to include the next turf race for two-year old horses at 5.5 or six furlongs, depending upon the trac
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