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Breeders' Cup World Championships Preview

This year, the Breeders' Cup will have a total of 14 races spread over two days of racing with $25 million in purse money on the line. Friday November 1st will have five races headlined by the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Distaff, which is back to its original name after several years as the Ladies Classic, worth $2 million. Saturday November 2nd will have nine races headlined by the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) at 1 1/4 miles. Please note that some of the races have changed day from last year.

Final entries were taken and post positions drawn on Monday October 28. There are a total 71 individual grade or group one winners and 9 returning Breeders' Cup winners running this year.

The Breeders' Cup will be televised on NBC and NBC Sports with the schedule so far being:
     Friday, November 1, 4:00-8:00pm on NBC Sports
     Saturday, November 2, 3:30-8:00pm ET on NBC Sports
     Saturday, November 2, 8:00-9:00pm ET (Classic only) on NBC
Check here for the latest TV schedule including preps and preview shows.

Below is the list of races with conditions, purses, and scheduled post times for both days. Click the race names to get links for info specific to that race plus a list of the horses who made the final entries on October 28th with their post positions, odds, and a link to a profile with lots of info about that horse. There is a link to free Equibase and BRISnet past performances on each race page.

More on the Breeders' Cup:

• Free Past Performances - for all the races as of entry day
• Review: Crushing the Cup 2013 - by Jim Mazur and Peter Mallett. An invaluable tool for trying to unlock the mysteries of handicapping the Breeders' Cup races. Updated for 2013.
• Breeders' Cup Weather - What will the weather be like at Santa Anita Park on November 1 and 2? Here are lots of places to find out!
• Breeders' Cup Field Selection Rules - how they decide who gets in if a Championship race is oversubscribed at pre-entry time.
• The Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita - history of the event at the track and winners who prepped at Santa Anita.
• 2012 Breeders' Cup Saturday Results - The feature race was the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic where Drosselmeyer was an upset winner. Get the results, charts, and photos for all 9 races here.
• 2012 Breeders' Cup Friday Results - Friday was headlined by the $2 million Ladies Classic won by Royal Delta. Get the results, charts, and photos for all 5 races here.
• Satellite photo of Santa Anita Park 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.
• Blazing Silks, Breeders' Cup Edition- an interactive social network game that allows horse racing fans and social gamers to train and care for Thoroughbred horses.
• Points Standings - from the Breeders' Cup
• TV Schedule - for all the preps and other programming leading up to the big day
• 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 now 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.
• The Downey Profile - He should put up a Breeders' Cup Special soon with analysis of each horse in the Classic, Distaff, Juvenile, and Sprint
• Breeders Cup contenders - 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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