Breeders’ Cup 2023 Classic champ White Abarrio. (Jenny Doyle/Past The Wire)
Final Race Order, Post Times, And Wagering Menu Announced For 2024 Breeders’ Cup World Championships
Breeders’ Cup Release
DEL MAR, Calif. — Breeders’ Cup Limited announced today the official order of races, post times, and wagering menu for the 2024 Breeders’ Cup World Championships, scheduled to take place on Friday, Nov. 1 and Saturday, Nov. 2 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif.
The World Championships wagering menu will provide horseplayers with multi-race wagers featuring multi-million-dollar pools throughout the two-day program at Del Mar.
The $7 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), broadcast live on NBC and streamed live on Peacock, will be the centerpiece of the Championships Saturday program. New this year, to take advantage of the 2 1/2-hour national broadcast window on NBC, post time for the Classic will be 2:41 p.m. PT / 5:41 p.m. ET. There will be four Championship races before and four Championship races after the Classic, centering the marquee race as the end of the middle Pick 5 and the start of the late Pick 5 on the wagering menu.
Continuous coverage of all Breeders’ Cup World Championship races on Friday and Saturday will stream live on Peacock both days. Additionally, all undercard and World Championship races, except the Classic, will be shown live on FanDuel TV as part of the Breeders’ Cup Players’ Show coverage, which is also available on BreedersCup.com and mobile app, all major ADW platforms, and at simulcast facilities around the world.
There will be a total of 10 races (five Breeders’ Cup races) on the first day of the Championships – “Future Stars Friday” – and 12 races on the Saturday program (nine Breeders’ Cup races). The Friday program begins at 11:35 a.m. PT / 2:35 p.m. ET with five undercard races. The first Breeders’ Cup World Championships race on Friday will be the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1), which will have a post time of 2:45 p.m. PT / 5:45 p.m. ET. The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) (Race #10) will be the final race of the day with a post time of 5:25 p.m. PT / 8:25 p.m. ET.
Saturday’s first post is 10:05 a.m. PT / 1:05 p.m. ET and begins with three undercard races. The $7 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) (Race #8) will have a post time of 2:41 p.m. PT / 5:41 p.m. ET.
There will be four outstanding Breeders’ Cup World Championships races after the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic, as follows:
- Race #9: $2 million Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) at 3:25 p.m. PT / 6:25 p.m. ET;
- Race #10: $2 million Cygames Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) at 4:05 p.m. PT / 7:05 p.m. ET;
- Race #11: $2 million FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) at 4:45 p.m. PT / 7:45 p.m. ET, and concluding with the
- Race #12: $1 million Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) at 5:25 p.m. PT / 8:25 p.m. ET.
This year, various countries, including Canada, England, France, Germany, and Ireland, will be offering pari-mutuel, commingled wagering on the World Championships through the Breeders’ Cup Global Pool.
Other jurisdictions will be offering separate pool wagering including Australia, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, and Turkey.
The 2024 wagering menu will include a Breeders’ Cup $3 All-Turf Pick 3 on Friday. The three races, in order, are:
- Race 6: Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1)
- Race 8: John DeereBreeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1)
- Race 10: Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1)
The Breeders’ Cup All-Turf Pick 4 on Saturday is a $.50 minimum wager and will package four of the best turf races in the world together with full fields of international competitors. The four races, in order, are:
- Race 5: Prevagen Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint(G1)
- Race 7: Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1)
- Race 9: Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1)
- Race 11: FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1)
The Breeders’ Cup will also offer the Breeders’ Cup All-Dirt Pick 4 on Saturday, which is a $.50 minimum wager. The four races, in order, are:
- Race 6: Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1)
- Race 8: Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1)
- Race 10: Cygames Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1)
- Race 12: Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1)
Breeders’ Cup will also offer three Pick 5’s on Saturday. The early Pick 5 will be Race 1 through Race 5. The middle Pick 5 will start with Race 4, the PNC Bank Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) and end with Race 8, the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1). The late Pick 5 will start with the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) and end with the final race of the day, the Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1).
Wagering Notes
- Special Daily Doubles (SPDD) on Friday consist of leg one on Friday and leg two on Saturday.
- Friday Race 7 with Saturday Race 6
- Friday Race 9 with Saturday Race 8
- Friday Race 10 with Saturday Race 7
- Friday’s Pick 6, Pick 5’s and High 5 may carry over to Saturday.
- Any Pick 5 carryover from Friday or the early Pick 5 on Saturday will carry over to the late Pick 5 on Saturday. The middle Pick 5 on Saturday will have a mandatory payout.
- Special Daily Double (SPDD) on Saturday will be the Breeders’ Cup Distaff as leg one and the Breeders’ Cup Classic as leg two.
- Saturday’s Pick 6, late Pick 5 and Super High 5 will have a mandatory payout on Breeders’ Cup Saturday.
Bet Minimums
$3 All-Turf Pick 3
$1 WPS, Exacta, Daily Double, Pick 6, and SPDD
$.50 Trifecta, Pick 3, Pick 4, All-Turf Pick 4, All-Dirt Pick 4, Pick 5, Super High 5
$.10 Superfecta
