The 25th Breeders' Cup will be held on Friday, October 24 and Saturday, October 25 at the Oak Tree meeting at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.
The 2008 Breeders’ Cup will be the second consecutive year that the richest prize money event in sports will be conducted over a two-day format.
The new Breeders’ Cup World Championships races, which will be run on Breeders’ Cup Friday, are:
- $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint; 3-year-olds and up; 6 ½ furlongs (turf)
- $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf; 2-year-old fillies; 1 mile (turf)
- $500,000 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Marathon; 3-year-olds and up; 1 ½ miles
Breeders' Cup Schedule Day 1, Friday, October 24, 2008
Race Distance Age
$1M Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile 1 Mile 3+
$1M Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint 7 furlongs 3+
$1M Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf 1 mile 2
$1M Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint 6 ½ furlongs 4+
$1M Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf 1 mile (turf) 2
$500,000 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Marathon 1 ½ miles 3+
Breeders' Cup Schedule Day 2, Saturday, October 25, 2008
Race Distance Age
$2M Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies 1 1/16 miles 2+
$2M Bessemer Trust Breeders’ Cup Juvenile 1 1/16 miles 2
$2M Emirates Airline Filly & Mare Turf 1 1/4 miles 3+
$2M NetJets Breeders’ Cup Mile 1 mile 3+
$2M TVG Breeders’ Cup Sprint 6 furlongs 3+
$2M Emirates Airline Breeders’ Cup Distaff 1 1/8 miles 3+
$3M John Deere Breeders’ Cup Turf 1 ½ miles 3+
$5M Breeders’ Cup Classic 1 ¼ miles 3+
All “dirt” races next year will be run on the synthetic surface Cushion Track, which is in place at Santa Anita. As of Dec. 10, crews at Santa Anita were working to correct drainage problems with the surface, which was first used for racing in September.
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