The Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships is an annual series of thoroughbred horse races sponsored by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. It is a one-day event held at a location that changes each year. All the sites have been in the United States, except in 1996, when the races were at the Woodbine Racetrack in Canada. Thoroughbred horse racing is the main form of horse-racing throughout the world. ... The National Thoroughbred Racing Association is a United States-based organization that hosts the annual Breeders Cup race. ... Woodbine Racetrack in northwest Toronto, Ontario is the only horseracing track in North America which stages, or is capable of staging, thoroughbred and standardbred horseracing programs on the same day. ...

The event, which has occurred annually since 1984, was created as a year-end championship for North American thoroughbred racing, and also attracts top horses from other parts of the world, especially Europe. D. Wayne Lukas horses have won a Breeders' Cup race on sixteen occasions, more than any other trainer. 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere, bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west... Darrell Wayne Lukas (born September 2, 1935 in Antigo, Wisconsin) is an American thoroughbred race horse trainer. ...

Currently, there are eight races on the Breeders' Cup card, all classified as Grade I races. The races are listed below in their order on the 2004 race card; the order of the first five listed races varies from year to year, but the 'Juvenile', 'Turf', and 'Classic' are traditionally the last three races. All races, unless otherwise indicated, are for any horse, regardless of sex, 3 years old and up, and are held on a dirt track. Conditions races are horse races for the very best of horses and are split into: Pattern Races Group 1 - (Classics and other races of major international importance) Group 2 - (less important international races) Group 3 - (primarily domestic races) and Listed Races - have less prestige than the group races but are... Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The Horse (Equus caballus) is a sizeable ungulate mammal, one of the seven modern species of the genus Equus. ...

• Breeders' Cup Distaff: A 1 1/8-mile race for fillies and mares, 3 years old and up. Current purse is $2 million.
• Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies: A 1 1/16-mile race for 2-year-old fillies. Current purse is $1 million.
• Breeders' Cup Mile: A 1-mile race on grass. Current purse is $1.5 million.
• Breeders' Cup Sprint: A 3/4-mile race. Current purse is $1 million.
• Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf: A 1 3/8-mile or 1 1/4-mile race on grass for fillies and mares, 3 years old and up. Current purse is $1 million.
• Breeders' Cup Juvenile: A 1 1/16-mile race for 2-year-old colts and geldings. Current purse is $1.5 million.
• Breeders' Cup Turf: A 1 1/2-mile race on grass. Current purse is $2 million.
• Breeders' Cup Classic: A 1 1/4-mile race. Current purse is $4 million.

NBC has broadcast every Breeders' Cup ever held for the United States. This will change in 2006, when ESPN will take over the television contract for eight years. The Breeders Cup Distaff is a Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, 3 years old and up. ... A filly is a female horse, specifically one which has not reached sexual maturity. ... In thoroughbred horse-racing, a mare is defined as a female horse more than four years old; in harness racing a mare is a female horse more than three years old. ... The Breeders Cup World Thoroughbred Championships is an annual series of thoroughbred horse races sponsored by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association and held on a single day at a predetermined site, usually in the United States but sometimes in Canada. ... The Breeders Cup World Thoroughbred Championships is an annual series of thoroughbred horse races sponsored by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association and held on a single day at a predetermined site, usually in the United States but sometimes in Canada. ... The Breeders Cup World Thoroughbred Championships is an annual series of thoroughbred horse races sponsored by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association and held on a single day at a predetermined site, usually in the United States but sometimes in Canada. ... The Breeders Cup Filly & Mare Turf is a Thoroughbred horse race on turf for fillies and mares, 3 years old and up. ... The Breeders Cup Juvenile is a Thoroughbred horse race for 2-year-old colts and geldings. ... In thoroughbred horse-racing, a colt is defined as a male horse less than five years old; in harness racing a colt is a male horse less than four years old. ... A gelding is a castrated animal—specifically, a castrated male horse. ... The Breeders Cup Turf is a Thoroughbred horse race on turf for 3 years old and up. ... The Breeders Cup Classic is a Thoroughbred horse race for 3 years old and up. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American radio and television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ESPN, an abbreviation of Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ...

Race tracks

The 2005 Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championship will be held on October 29 at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Previous championships have been held at the following tracks: 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 63 days remaining. ... Secretariats statue greets racing fans and jockeys in the paddock of Belmont Park. ... Elmont is a hamlet (and census-designated place) located in Nassau County, New York, in the Town of Hempstead. ...

• 2004 - Lone Star Park
• 2003 - Santa Anita Park
• 2002 - Arlington Park
• 2001 - Belmont Park
• 2000 - Churchill Downs
• 1999 - Gulfstream Park
• 1998 - Churchill Downs
• 1997 - Hollywood Park
• 1996 - Woodbine
• 1995 - Belmont Park
• 1994 - Churchill Downs
• 1993 - Santa Anita Park
• 1992 - Gulfstream Park
• 1991 - Churchill Downs
• 1990 - Belmont Park
• 1989 - Gulfstream Park
• 1988 - Churchill Downs
• 1987 - Hollywood Park
• 1986 - Santa Anita Park
• 1985 - Aqueduct
• 1984 - Hollywood Park

Some future sites have been tentatively set: Lone Star Park is a horse racing track located in Grand Prairie, Texas. ... Lily Okuru, a Japanese-American woman held at Santa Anita Park, poses with the statue of Seabiscuit, 1942 Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California opened in 1934 and is the oldest and most prestigious horse racetrack in Southern California. ... Arlington Park is a horse racetrack in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois. ... Secretariats statue greets racing fans and jockeys in the paddock of Belmont Park. ... Composite image of Churchill Downs on Derby Day, 1901 Churchill Downs, located on Central Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky, is a thoroughbred racetrack most famous for hosting the Kentucky Derby. ... Composite image of Churchill Downs on Derby Day, 1901 Churchill Downs, located on Central Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky, is a thoroughbred racetrack most famous for hosting the Kentucky Derby. ... Hollywood Park is a town located in Bexar County, Texas. ... Woodbine Racetrack in northwest Toronto, Ontario is the only horseracing track in North America which stages, or is capable of staging, thoroughbred and standardbred horseracing programs on the same day. ... Secretariats statue greets racing fans and jockeys in the paddock of Belmont Park. ... Composite image of Churchill Downs on Derby Day, 1901 Churchill Downs, located on Central Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky, is a thoroughbred racetrack most famous for hosting the Kentucky Derby. ... Lily Okuru, a Japanese-American woman held at Santa Anita Park, poses with the statue of Seabiscuit, 1942 Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California opened in 1934 and is the oldest and most prestigious horse racetrack in Southern California. ... Composite image of Churchill Downs on Derby Day, 1901 Churchill Downs, located on Central Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky, is a thoroughbred racetrack most famous for hosting the Kentucky Derby. ... Secretariats statue greets racing fans and jockeys in the paddock of Belmont Park. ... Composite image of Churchill Downs on Derby Day, 1901 Churchill Downs, located on Central Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky, is a thoroughbred racetrack most famous for hosting the Kentucky Derby. ... Hollywood Park is a town located in Bexar County, Texas. ... Lily Okuru, a Japanese-American woman held at Santa Anita Park, poses with the statue of Seabiscuit, 1942 Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California opened in 1934 and is the oldest and most prestigious horse racetrack in Southern California. ... Aqueduct Racetrack, known as the Big A, is a horse racetrack in the neighborhood of Ozone Park in Queens, New York. ... Hollywood Park is a town located in Bexar County, Texas. ...

• 2006 - Churchill Downs
• 2007 - Monmouth Park

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External link

• Official Breeders' Cup website

See also

• Breeders' Crown
• Breeders' Cup Steeplechase
• Breeders' Stakes
• Horse-racing
• List of horse races
• Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing