2020 Breeders' Cup

The 2020 Breeders' Cup World Championships will be the 37th edition of the premier event of the North American thoroughbred horse racing year. The 14 races, all but one of which are Grade I, will take place on November 6 and 7 at Keeneland racetrack in Lexington, Kentucky. The races will be telecast by NBCSN on Friday and early Saturday, and by NBC later on Saturday.

2020 Breeders' Cup
Championship Event Series race
LocationKeeneland, Lexington, Kentucky
Race typeThoroughbred
Websitewww.breederscup.com
Race information
DistanceSee individual races
SurfaceTurf, Dirt
PurseVaries by Race; from $1 million to $7 million

The Breeders' Cup is generally regarded as the end of the North American racing season, although a few Grade I events take place in later November and December. The event typically determines champions in many of the Eclipse Award divisions.

Qualifying
Main article: 2020 Breeders' Cup Challenge series

A maximum of 14 horses (12 in the Turf Sprint and Juvenile Turf Sprint) are allowed to start in each race. Horses can automatically qualify by winning one of the designated races in the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, which provide "Win and You're In" berths in a specified division of the Breeders' Cup. Other pre-entries are ranked by a points system and the judgement of a panel of experts.[1]

Event preparation

On August 17, 2018, the Breeders' Cup organization announced that Keeneland would host the event for the second time in 2020. Keeneland's first Breeders' Cup in 2015 was highlighted by American Pharoah's win in the Breeders' Cup Classic, completing the Grand Slam of Thoroughbred racing.[2] Because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the racing schedule leading up to the event was disrupted. As of August 2, 2020, it is not known if the general public will be able to attend the event.

Races

The following race sequence is based on the 2019 event and may be changed in the week leading up to the event.

Friday, November 6
Race name Post time
(EDT)		 Sponsor Distance/Surface Restrictions Purse Winner (Bred) Odds Margin
Juvenile Turf Sprint tba 5 furlongs (Turf) 2-year-olds $1 million
Juvenile Turf tba presented by Coolmore America 1 mile (Turf) 2-year-old colts and geldings $1 million
Juvenile Fillies tba ​1 1⁄16 miles 2-year-old fillies $2 million
Juvenile Fillies Turf tba 1 mile (Turf) 2-year-old fillies $1 million
Juvenile tba TVG ​1 1⁄16 miles 2-year-old colts and geldings $2 million

Saturday, November 2
Race Name Post time
(EDT)		 Sponsor Distance/Surface Restrictions Purse Winner (Bred) Odds Margin
Filly & Mare Sprint tba 7 furlongs 3 yrs+ fillies & mares $1 million
Turf Sprint tba 5 furlongs (Turf) 3 yrs+ $1 million
Dirt Mile tba Big Ass Fans 1 mile 3 yrs+ $2 million
Filly & Mare Turf tba Maker's Mark ​1 1⁄4 miles (Turf) 3 yrs+ fillies & mares $2 million
Sprint tba 6 furlongs 3 yrs+ $2 million
Mile tba TVG 1 mile (Turf) 3 yrs+ $2 million
Distaff tba Longines ​1 1⁄8 miles 3 yrs+ fillies & mares $2 million
Turf tba Longines ​1 1⁄2 miles (Turf) 3 yrs+ $6 million
Classic tba Longines ​1 1⁄4 miles 3 yrs+ $7 million
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References
  1. "How It Works". www.breederscup.com. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  2. "Breeders' Cup Host Sites Announced Through 2021". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
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