Breeders' Cup Challenge to Feature 77 Races
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Breeders' Cup announced April 19 that the 2016 Breeders' Cup Challenge series will consist of 77 automatic qualifying races, including four new races, for the Breeders' Cup World Championships with 49 Challenge races held in the United States and Canada, and 28 races to be run outside of North America.
Horses from around the globe will be qualifying for the 33rd World Championships, which will be held Nov. 4-5 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., and televised live in the U.S. by the NBC Sports Group.
This year, NBC Sports Group will also televise the "Breeders' Cup Challenge Win and You're In Series presented by Lane's End Farm and America's Best Racing," featuring Challenge races across nine shows in the U.S. from June until the World Championships.
The Breeders' Cup Challenge series, now in its ninth year, will be held at many of the world's premier racetracks in 12 countries: the United States, Canada, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Peru, and South Africa. As part of the enhanced benefits to horsemen in the Breeders' Cup Challenge series, Breeders' Cup will pay the entry fees and guarantee a starting position in a corresponding Championships race for winners of all Challenge races.
The four new races include the Coolmore Legacy Queen of the Turf (Aus-I) (Filly & Mare Turf), which was run April 9 at Royal Randwick in Australia; Gran Premio Club Hipico Falabella (Chi-I) (Mile) at Club Hipico in Santiago, Chile, May 25; Gran Premio Pamplona at Hipodromo Monterrico (Per-I) (Filly & Mare Turf) in Lima, Peru, June 26, and the Derrinstown Stud Flying Five Stakes (IRE-II) (Turf Sprint) at the Curragh in Ireland Sept. 11.