The expanded format will take effect with this year's
event to be conducted on Friday, October 26, and Saturday,
October 27, at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J. Total
purses for the 11 Breeders' Cup World Championship races
will increase to $23 million. The Breeders' Cup World
Championship races on Friday and Saturday will be televised
by ESPN.
The
new Breeders' Cup World Championships races, which will
be run on Friday, October 26, are as
follows:
$1
million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile - 1 Mile, 70 yds* -
3-year-olds and up
$1 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint - 6
furlongs* - 3-year-olds & up, fillies & mares
$1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf - 1 mile (turf)
- 2-year-olds, colts, geldings and fillies
*In future years, the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile will
be run at 1 mile and the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare
Sprint will be run at seven furlongs. Monmouth Park
track configuration mandates that the races be run at
the above distances in 2007.
In addition to the three new Breeders' Cup World Championships
races, there will be three other stakes races on the
card funded by the Breeders' Cup and each of the three
races will carry a purse of $250,000. They are: a 1
1/16-miles race for 3-year-old fillies; a 1-mile turf
race for 2-year-old fillies and a six-furlong sprint
for 2-year-olds. Total purses for the 10-race card on
Breeders' Cup Friday will be $4 million, making it the
second-richest racing day in North America.
The
Breeders' Cup World Championships continue on Saturday,
October 27, with the following eight races
in the program:
& 3 new Breeders Cup races Friday Oct 26-(2
days of racing)