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Breeders’ Cup 2008 just got bigger as the officials of Breeders’ Cup Limited announced Monday, December 10, the addition of three new Breeders’ Cup World Championships races in 2008, increasing the event to a record 14 races and raising total purses to an all-time high of $25.5 million. The 25th Breeders’ Cup will be held on October 24-25 at the Oak Tree meeting at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calififornia.
The new Breeders’ Cup World Championships races, which will be run on Breeders’ Cup Friday, October 24, are:
The Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint will be contested on Santa Anita’s signature El Camino Real “down the hill” turf course, with a maximum of 14 starters. The Juvenile Fillies Turf will be limited to 12 starters. The institution of the $1 million Turf Sprint, the Dirt Marathon and the Juvenile Fillies Turf boosts total purses for the 14 Breeders’ Cup races to $25.5 million.
The addition of the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint comes less than one year after the establishment of three new Breeders’ Cup $1 million races – the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint, the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile and the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf – which were all held for the first time at Monmouth Park at the 24th Breeders’ Cup on Friday, October 26. Next year, those three races and the new Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf and Breeders’ Cup Dirt Marathon will increase Breeders’ Cup Friday purses past $5 million.
“The establishment of the three new races continues our aggressive expansion of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships as a preeminent international sports and entertainment property for our fans, sponsors and television viewers around the globe.” said Greg Avioli, Breeders’ Cup president and CEO. “These new races also continue our mission in providing more opportunities for horsemen to compete at the highest levels over the two-days of the Championships.”
A committee of the nation’s racing secretaries, under the direction of Martin Panza of Hollywood Park, aided Breeders’ Cup Ltd., in making recommendations on the selection and conditions of the new races. Part of these recommendations included the creation of pattern of 12 furlong races to be run around the country as preps for the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Marathon.
Friday’s program of six Breeders’ Cup races will be followed on Saturday, October 25, by eight more Breeders’ Cup races worth $20 million. It is headed by the following grade I races: $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic and the $3 million Breeders’ Cup Turf.
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