The 2008 Breeders’ Cup will card all five of its races for female horses on the first day of the 2-day event, Friday, October 24 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. This is the first time a major thoroughbred event in North America has focused an entire day on female horse racing. Purses on Friday amount to $8 million, more than doubling last year’s Breeders’ Cup Friday purses.

In its 25th running, the Breeders’ Cup now has a total purse of $25.5 million. There will be nine Breeders’ Cup races on Saturday, October 25, seven of which are open o both male and female thoroughbreds.

The Breeders’ Cup also announced that it has renamed the Breeders’ Cup Distaff to the Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic. The Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic will be the premier race on the Breeders’ Cup Friday program.

The Breeders’ Cup Challenge, a series of automatic qualifying races for the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, will be expanded from 24 to a minimum of 49 races at 12 of North America’s premier racing venues in 2008, Breeders’ Cup announced today.

The expanded Breeders’ Cup Challenge will now include 6 races at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto. Other new markets and tracks for the 2008 Breeders’ Cup Challenge include Emerald Downs in Auburn, Washington; Suffolk Downs in Boston; Delaware Park in Wilmington, Delaware; Calder Race Course near Miami; and Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey.

The 2008 Breeders’ Cup Challenge races will begin on July 5 with races from Monmouth Park, host of last year’s Breeders’ Cup.

For the first time in its history, the Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships will be held at the same site for two consecutive years, as officials of Breeders’ Cup Limited announced today that Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California, host of this year’s event, has also been selected to host the 2009 Breeders’ Cup.

There are 3 new races to look forward to on Breeders’ Cup 2008 as 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 [...]

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association is holding its 9th annual “NTRA Moment of the Year” in their web site: www.ntra.com. Horse racing fans have the opportunity to vote for thoroughbred racing’s most memorable moment of 2007. Those selecting the winning image will automatically be entered into a random drawing for $1,000. The winning moment will [...]

Curlin, 2007 Preakness Stakes winner, dominated Monmouth Park Saturday, October 27th to win the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic.

2007 Breeders’ Cup World Championship Race Results

OCEANPORT, NEW JERSEY (TICKER) — Curlin answered any questions of who should be Horse of the Year.

Putting an exclamation point on a sensational year, Curlin pulled away to win Saturday’s $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Monmouth Park.

In a race billed as the “War at the Shore,” Curlin won the battle, roaring past Hard Spun and Lawyer Ron around the final turn en route to reaching the the winner’s circle by 4 1/2 lengths in North America’s richest race.

Thoroughbred racing biggest day is almost around the corner and New Jersey is ready to take part in the history as the 2007 Breeders’ Cup World Championship races jump-starts on October 26 and 27.
The 137-year old Monmouth Park racetrack received a $30 Million make-over in last year. The re-design of the grass course for the [...]