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The Breeders' Cup Classic, run at 1 1/4 miles, draws the top international Thoroughbreds year after year.Future Stars Friday, November 1
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86 races in 11 countries. View the entire 2019 Breeders' Cup Challenge Series schedule.
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The breeding industry is the cornerstone of the Breeders’ Cup program, the very foundation of our Championships and Challenge series. - Tickets
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News & Press Releases
- June 18, 2019
Lord Glitters Wins Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot and Gains Automatic Berth into Breeders' Cup Mile
June 18, 2019All Set for the 'Best Race of the Meeting' at Royal Ascot
The winner of Wednesday’s £750,000 ($950,000) highlight will earn a fees-paid berth to the Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf at Santa Anita on November 2 – and the mile-and-a-quarter contest has attracted a star-studded international field, in which the likely favourite is the Aidan O’Brien-trained Magical.
June 18, 2019Stephen Foster Winner Seeking The Soul Jumps to No. 3 in Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings; McKinzie Retains Top Position
Charles Fipke’s 6-year-old homebred Seeking the Soul jumped to No. 3 (165 votes) after the second week of the Breeders’ Cup Classic Rankings following his stirring win on Saturday evening in the Stephen Foster (G2) at Churchill Downs.
June 18, 2019Ward Out to Follow No Nay Never’s Footsteps with Son of American Pharoah
The £100,000 ($125,000) contest offers a fees-paid berth to the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint, set to be run for the second time at Santa Anita on ‘Future Stars Friday’, featuring the five Breeders’ Cup races for 2-year-olds on November 1.
June 18, 2019Sovereign Sunday, Maven and King Neptune Lead Norfolk Stakes on Thursday at Royal Ascot for Automatic Berth into Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf
King Power Racing’s Sovereign Sunday (GB), the Wesley Ward-trained Maven and Michael Tabor, Mrs. John Magnier and Derrick Smith’s King Neptune (IRE) lead a field of 15 in Thursday’s five-furlong Norfolk Stakes (G2) for 2-year-olds at Royal Ascot, with the winner receiving an automatic berth into the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf through the international Breeders’ Cup Challenge.
- June 17, 2019
Magical Leads All-Star Cast in Wednesday's Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot for Free Berth into Longines Breeders' Cup Turf
Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier and Michael Tabor’s 4-year-old filly Magical (IRE), second to Enable (GB) in last year’s Longines Breeders Cup Turf (G1), and unbeaten in three starts this year, headlines an all-star cast of eight runners in Wednesday’s 1 1 ¼-mile Prince of Wales’s Stakes (G1) at Royal Ascot.
June 17, 2019Intriguing Contenders Set to do Battle with Breeders’ Cup Berth on the Line in Ascot Curtain Raiser
The Breeders’ Cup Challenge moves to Britain for the first time this year as Royal Ascot hosts four ‘Win and You’re In’ contests across its five-day meeting, starting with Tuesday’s Queen Anne Stakes, which carries a fees-paid berth in the Breeders’ Cup Mile in November.
June 16, 2019Four Breeders' Cup Challenge Races at Royal Ascot This Week
Britain will host the first races in the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series to be run in Europe this year when the prestigious Royal Ascot meeting opens at Ascot Racecourse on Tuesday, June 18.
June 15, 2019Seeking the Soul Necks Out Stephen Foster Triumph
Charles Fipke's homebred Seeking the Soul grinded his way to the lead in deep stretch before necking out a very game Quip to win Saturday's $600,000 Stephen Foster Handicap (G2) at Churchill Downs.
June 15, 2019Favored Elate Too Tough in Fleur de Lis
Adele Dilschneider and Claiborne Farm's homebred Elate proved to be too tough on Saturday, overcoming slow fractions and a short field to power her way home to victory in the $250,000 Fleur de Lis Handicap (G2) at Churchill Downs.
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