Breeders' Cup 2016: TV Schedule, Dates, Race Times, Weather Forecast and More
The elite of the thoroughbred community will descend upon Santa Anita Park on Friday for the beginning of the Breeders' Cup, one of the most hotly anticipated events of the annual horse-racing calendar.
Dozens of Grade I stars will compete across a multitude of races for their crack at the $28 million (£22.9 million) prize purse, with single-race prize pots ranging from $1 million (£819,000) to $6 million (£4.9 million).
The official Breeders' Cup website cited BloodHorse and reported "perfect weather" for the competition on Saturday, with a high of 82 degrees, complete with "no chance of precipitation."
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NBC Sports Network will provide televised coverage of the Breeders' Cup on Friday and Saturday, while select races will be available to stream via the event's official Facebook page.
The stage is set for one of the biggest horse-racing events of the year, and we provide a preview of some of the biggest events taking place, complete with a detailed list of every race on offer this weekend.
| Friday, Nov. | Juvenile Turf | 2:25 p.m. |
| Friday, Nov. 4 | Las Vegas Dirt Mile | 3:05 p.m. |
| Friday, Nov. 4 | Juvenile Fillies Turf | 3:50 p.m. |
| Friday, Nov. 4 | Longines Distaff | 4:35 p.m. |
| Saturday, Nov. 5 | 14 Hands Winery Juvenile Fillies | 12:05 p.m |
| Saturday, Nov. 5 | Filly & Mare Turf | 12:45 p.m. |
| Saturday, Nov. 5 | Twin Spires Sprint | 1:21 p.m. |
| Saturday, Nov. 5 | Turf Sprint | 2:05 p.m. |
| Saturday, Nov. 5 | Sentient Jet Juvenile | 2:43 p.m. |
| Saturday, Nov. 5 | Longines Turf | 3:22 p.m. |
| Saturday, Nov. 5 | Filly & Mare Sprint | 4:01 p.m. |
| Saturday, Nov. 5 | Mile | 4:40 p.m. |
| Saturday, Nov. 5 | Classic | 5:35 p.m. |
Breeders’ Cup Classic
The jewel in the crown of this week's extravaganza, the Breeders' Cup Classic will feature the largest prize pot of all, valued at $6 million, and promises to pit the cream of the crop against one another.
Horse racing network TVG recently provided a breakdown of this year's Breeders' Cup pre-entry list, although there could be changes made in regards to who takes part right until the last minute:
The Daily Mail's Marcus Townsend reported Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien will take Found into the Breeders' Cup Classic as one of his 11 hopes for a result in the United States.
However, Laura King of Dubai Racing TV isn't banking on the favoured filly to get the job done at Santa Anita Park:
California Chrome is the favourite to clinch first place in the 2016 Classic, although the Art Sherman-trained star is likely to encounter heavy pressure from trainer Bob Baffert's Arrogate.
The field recently counted their blessings after Claire Novak of BloodHorse reported Nyquist would miss the fixture due to a "puffy ankle," although the injury wouldn't have a great impact on the quality of horses in the fray.
Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf
The less lucrative cousin of the Classic is, of course, the Longines Breeders' Cup Turf, and this year's spectacular has received a prize-pool promotion from $3 million (£2.5 million) to $4 million (£3.3 million).
The favourites are somewhat more difficult to pick out for this particular race, although Fox Sports analyst Andy Serling has tipped another of O'Brien's charges, Highland Reel, for big things:
There's also a potential spanner in the works, too, after the Daily Mail's Townsend reported Found could make an appearance in the Turf instead of the Classic:
Should Found make a late transition into the Turf, he would reckon as one of the race's heavier hitters, with O'Brien perhaps favouring his filly's chances more in this field.
Chad Brown's Flintshire is at short odds to take home the top prize at Santa Anita, and its trainer just so happens to possess a particular penchant for turf races.
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