2011 Breeders' Cup at Churchill Downs Park

Where: Churchill Downs Park, Louisville, Kentucky
When: The Breeders Cup takes place on November 4-5, 2011
Watch: See it on TV with ESPN2

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It's the All Star Game of Thoroughbred racing - only better. Eight times better. It's the Breeders' Cup Championship, a multi-million dollar extravaganza that brings together the world's best horses to compete in eight sensational races.

The Breeder's Cup was first run in 1984 and was founded by John R. Gaines as a year-end championship event. The Breeder's Cup is made up of eleven separate races. Each race includes 14 running horses. The first seven of each race are automatically selected based on their performance in that year's graded stakes races. The other seven entrants are chosen by a special panel of directors. The final two and perhaps the most well known races at the Breeder's Cup are the "Turf" and "Classic" events.

Breeders Cup Racetracks

Hollywood Park in Inglewood, Kentucky hosted the first Breeders Cup, and has played host two other times. New York’s Belmont Park has hosted the event four times, Churchill Downs hosted back to back in 2008 and 2011, while Gulfstream Park has hosted three Cups. The only Breeders Cup to be held outside the United States was the 1996 championships at Woodbine, outside Toronto, Ontario.

The Breeders’ Cup Championships is a source of uninterrupted fun and excitement — the action starts from the horses step onto the track for the first race and continues till the garland is draped across the shoulders of the Classic winner.

The Breeders Cup is run at a different race track each year in order to give the US public the opportunity to see the great day every couple of years as it heads from east coast to west coast from year to year. What makes this day so special is that each Breeders Cup Betting race is worth at least $1 million in Prize money and for the eleven races it is in the region of $17 million, the two days attracts the best horses in search of these riches from all over the World and the US love to see horses from the UK, Ireland and France taking their chance but we are now seeing entrants from South Africa and all over the World. Many great US equine stars have emerged over the years including Azeri, A.P. Indy, Alysheba, Cigar, Personal Ensign, Ferdinand, Sunday Silence and a European star that will go down in history is Ouija Board who won her second title in three years in the Filly and Mare Turf at Churchhill Downs in 2006.

Gather off track betting information before the event starts and bet with confidence in time!

To help you get ready for the 2011 Breeders' Cup World Championships, we're providing a weekly overview of the top five horses in the Classic, Turf, Mile and Sprint divisions called the Breeder's Cup Watch. You will also find weekly news updates and opinions for each of these divisions and a schedule of all divisional races leading up to the Breeders' Cup.

2011 Breeders Cup Contenders

Breeders Cup 2011 Race Schedule

November 4, 2011 Breeders' Cup Races at Churchill Downs Park

* Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT), $2,000,000g, 3&up, f/m, 11f (turf).
* Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I), $2,000,000g, 2yo f, 8.5f.
* Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic (gr. I), $2,000,000g, 3&up, f/m, 9f.
* Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (gr. I), $1,000,000g, 3&up, f/m, 7f.
* Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, $1,000,000g, 2yo f, 8f (turf).

November 5, 2011 Breeders' Cup Races at Churchill Downs Park

* Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I), $5,000,000g, 3&up, 10f.
* Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT), $3,000,000g, 3&up, 12f (turf).
* Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I), $2,000,000g, 2yo, c/g, 8.5f.
* Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT), $2,000,000g, 3&up, 8f (turf).
* Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I), $2,000,000g, 3&up, 6f.
* Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I), $1,000,000g, 3&up, 8f.
* Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT), $1,000,000g, 2yo, 8f (turf).
* Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, $1,000,000g, 3&up, 6.5f (turf).
* Breeders' Cup Marathon, $500,000g, 3&up, 12f.