The day racing fans and horseplayers wait for all year for is almost here. The Breeders’ Cup Saturday program will feature the international equine and human stars of horse racing, all ready to square off in nine championship races on Saturday, Nov. 2 at Del Mar.
The event will be headlined by the richest horse race in North America, the $7 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic.
Since running his first horse in a Breeders’ Cup race in 1998, Aidan O’Brien has won 18 Breeders’ Cup races, second only to Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas’ 20 wins. His Breeders’ Cup horses have earned more than $33.8 million, trailing only the stable tally of Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, another 18-time winner with more than $40.3 million.
Year in and year out, the $2 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff plays a major role in shaping the championship race for at least one division and often two. A scintillating performance in the marquee U.S. dirt race for females can catapult a racehorse to an Eclipse Award as champion older dirt female of champion 3-year-old filly … and for the 41st renewal Nov.
