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Posted on Monday, December 10th, 2007
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 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 $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint for 3-year-olds and up to be run in 6 1/2 furlongs on turf; $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf for 2-year-old fillies to be run in 1 mile on turf; and the $500,000 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Marathon for 3-year-olds and up to be run in 1 1/2 miles.
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 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf and the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Marathon 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.
Friday’s program of six Breeders’ Cup races will be followed on Saturday, October 25, by eight more Breeders’ Cup races worth $20 million headed by the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic and the $3 million Breeders’ Cup Turf.
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