View the contenders for the $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic, the defining event of the international racing season. The race attracts the top grass talent from Europe and North America to compete for a $6 million purse.
View the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series schedule through August. With races selected worldwide in every Championship division, owning a Breeders’ Cup nominated runner is more important than ever. There will be 16 Breeders’ Cup Challenge races in August, beginning Aug. 1 with two races at Saratoga Race Course and one at Del Mar. As the world’s greatest converge on Keeneland, here are some helpful tips for finding your way here.
Thirty seven years ago the visionary John Gaines hatched a plan. Celebrate the Championships surrounded by the unrivaled atmosphere in one of Keeneland’s most popular venues. The Met Mile is a Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series “Win and You’re In” qualifying race for the Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile.
Don't miss a minute of the action. View the contenders for the $6 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf. His vision? The three Grade 1 races offering berths in the Classic are among the 16 races that are scheduled to be held in August that Breeders’ Cup has designated as part of its “Challenge Series.” Races in the challenge series award the winners with a free spot in the field of one of the 14 Breeders’ Cup races… That's why we have the highest safety, integrity and testing standards of any racing event in North America.
Coverage of the 2020 Challenge Series will be provided by NBC Sports, TVG and Fox Sports. The breeding industry is the cornerstone of the Breeders’ Cup program, the very foundation of our Championships and Challenge series. Subscribe for FREE to the Daily PDF or the News AlertsThere will be 16 Breeders’ Cup Challenge races in August, beginning Aug. 1 with two races at Saratoga Race Course and one at Del Mar. On July 4, Belmont Park hosts the Runhappy Metropolitan Handicap as the anchor of an Independence Day racecard. View a Seat Map for the Breeders' Cup at Keeneland. The Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf is run at 1 ½ miles on the grass course, for horses 3-years-old and older. Saratoga will host the GI Whitney S., which will give the winner an automatic berth into Classic, as well as the GI Personal Ensign S., providing the winner a spot in the starting gate for the $2-million GI Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff. July 1, 2020. The Breeders' Cup Classic, run at 1 1/4 miles, draws the top international Thoroughbreds year after year. in the Breeders’ Cup World Championships for a place in history. The Breeders' Cup attracts competition and top talent from around the globe. Since 1984, the world's finest thoroughbreds have competed View the Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge hall of champions. Find the best places to stay and recuperate after a full day of non-stop excitement.
Later that day at Del Mar, the second automatic berth into the $2-million GI Breeders’ Cup Sprint will be awarded to the winner of the GI Bing Crosby S. The following day, Aug. 2, Del Mar will host its “Win and You’re In” for the Distaff, the GI Clement L. Hirsch S.The rest of the August schedule with corresponding Breeders’ Cup events are as follows: the Aug. 8 GI Ballerina S. at Saratoga (Filly & Mare Sprint), Aug. 15 GI Alabama S. at Saratoga (Distaff), Aug. 16 G1 Prix Jacques Le Marois at Deauville in France (Mile), Aug. 19 G1 Juddmonte International S. at York in Great Britain (Classic), Aug. 20 G1 Darley Yorkshire Oaks at York (Filly & Mare Turf), Aug. 21 G1 Coolmore Nunthorpe S. at York (Turf Sprint), Aug. 22 GI Fourstardave H. at Saratoga (Mile), GI TVG Pacific Classic (Classic) and GII Del Mar H. (Turf) at Del Mar, Aug. 23 G1 Darley Prix Morny at Deauville (Juvenile Turf Sprint), Aug. 29 GI Sword Dancer Invitational S. at Saratoga (Turf) and GII Pat O’Brien S. at Del Mar (Dirt Mile).Breeders’ Cup Announces Challenge Series Races for AugustHeadlined by three automatic qualifiers for the $7-million GI Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic and three “Win and You’re In” starting positions at York’s Ebor Festival in Britain, the Breeders’ Cup announced its August schedule of Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series races Wednesday.