Santa Anita Park To Host 2008 Breeders Cup

Posted on Friday, April 20th, 2007

Santa Anita Park was named host of the 25th edition of the Breeders Cup World Thoroughbred Championships in October 24-25, 2008.

Santa Anita plans to renovate its main track and install a new synthetic racing surface this summer, so the 2008 Breeders Cup will be the first with the main track races to be contested over a synthetic surface.

“This will be a groundbreaking Breeders Cup,” said Sherwood Chillingworth, executive vice president of the host Oak Tree Racing Association. “It will be the first on a synthetic surface and the second time it will be a two-day event.

“We expect this to be a Breeders’ Cup weekend to remember.”

The Breeders Cup returns to Southern California, where it originated in 1984, Breeders Cup Limited chairman Bill Farish said.

“We’re excited. Santa Anita is one of the world’s great racing venues,” he said.

It will be the seventh Breeders Cup to be staged in Southern California and the fourth at Santa Anita Park, which also hosted in 1986, 1993 and 2003. Hollywood Park hosted the 1984 inaugural and also in 1987 and 1997.

The Breeders Cup consists of 11 races with purses and awards totaling 23 million dollars. This year’s edition of the event will be staged October 26-27 at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey.

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