2023 Breeders Cup

November 3, 2023 - November 4, 2023 All Day Canterbury Park
2023 Breeders Cup

Watch the Breeders Cup at Canterbury Park November 3rd & 4th

View and wager on the 40th edition of the World Championships live from Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.
The 14 Breeders’ Cup races, five on Friday and nine on Saturday, attract the best thoroughbreds in the world to compete for $28 million in purse money.

Dates:

Friday, November 3
First Race from Santa Anita Park at 1:55 p.m.
First Breeders’ Cup race at 4:50 p.m.

Saturday, November 4
First race from Santa Anita Park at 12:15 p.m.
First Breeders’ Cup race at 2:05 p.m.

What is the Breeders Cup:

The Breeders’ Cup World Championships is an annual series of Grade I Thoroughbred horse races, operated by Breeders’ Cup Limited, a company formed in 1982.

Leading Thorougbred owner and breeder John Gaines, and other industry members like trainer John Nerud, came up with the idea during the 1982 Kentucky Derby Festival. The plan was to have a North American championship to close the racing year.

A maximum of 14 contenders are allowed in each of the races, except for the Dirt Mile which has 12 horses. The Breeders’ Cup selects contenders based upon a series of criteria such as, Breeders’ Cup Challenge Races (Win and You’re In), a point system and the judgement from a panel of racing experts. This helps ensure quality competition and gives clear guidance if races are oversubscribed.

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