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The Breeders' Cup Classic is a Grade I Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race for 3-year-olds and older run at a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (2,000 m) on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships in late October or early November.
In 2002, WinStar made its first major stallion acquisition —Tiznow, the only two-time winner of the Breeders' Cup Classic, having won that event in 2000 and 2001. Although Tiznow's pedigree was not fashionable, WinStar took a gamble that paid off when Tiznow became the leading freshman sire of 2005.
The Breeders' Cup Classic is open to up to 14 starters, with automatic berths for horses that win one of the designated "Win and You're In" races in the 2022 Breeders' Cup Challenge series. Other horses are ranked by their performances in graded stakes races and by the judgement of a panel of racing experts.
Breeders' Cup Classic champion Flightline has been retired to stud at Lane's End Farm after winning all six career races in impressive fashion. ... Walden’s WinStar Farms was the principal owner ...
Fierceness is trying to become the first horse to win the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and come back the next year and win the Classic. Forever Young Race: Classic (5:41 p.m. Saturday).
Conditions: 1 mile on dirt for horses 3 and up. Purse: $1 million. Post time: 2:30 p.m. ... Breeders’ Cup Classic. Conditions: 1 ¼ miles on dirt for horses 3 and up. Purse: $6 million.
Sixteen horses take aim at the $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Del Mar on Nov. 2. Check out the anticipated fields in all 14 world championship events. 2024 Breeders’ Cup pre-entries set.
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. From its inception in 1984 through 2006, it was a single-day event; starting in 2007 , it expanded to two days.