Yearly, the street to the Breeders’ Cup World Championships begins months earlier than with a sequence of qualifying races which are generally known as the Breeders‘ Cup Problem Collection. The sequence has expanded through the years and it has persistently given followers and bettors a preview of a number of the runners who’ll vie for Breeders’ Cup glory within the fall. Every winner of a Problem Collection race will obtain an computerized qualifying berth, with charges paid, right into a corresponding Breeders’ Cup Race – as described within the sequence’ standard tag line, “Win and You’re In.”
Under are some information to know in regards to the Breeders’ Cup Problem Collection that leads all the best way as much as the 41st Breeders’ Cup World Championships on Friday, Nov. 1, and Saturday, Nov. 2, at Del Mar in Southern California.
1. This yr marks the 17th yr of the Breeders’ Cup Problem Collection. The Breeders’ Cup World Championships date again greater than twenty years earlier, having been first run in 1984.
2. The 2024 Problem Collection really started in 2023 with the first race of the sequence being the Gran Premio Worldwide Carlos Pellegrini run at San Isidro Racecourse in Argentina. That race is a “Win and You’re In” qualifier for the Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf and it was received by a horse named El Encinal.
3. The primary three home “Win and You’re In” races have been held on the June 8 Belmont Stakes Introduced by NYRA Bets undercard at Saratoga Race Course. Nationwide Treasure, Randomized, and Cogburn received the Hill ‘n’ Dale Metropolitan Handicap, Ogden Phipps Stakes Introduced by Ford, and Jaipur Stakes Introduced by Resolute Racing and earned computerized berths to the Massive Ass Followers Breeders’ Cup Dust Mile, Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff, and Breeders’ Cup Turf Dash, respectively.
4. Tv protection of Problem Collection races may be discovered on a complete of 5 reside broadcasts throughout NBC, CNBC, and FOX all year long. The primary is about for Saturday, July 20 on NBC beginning at 5 p.m. ET that includes the NYRA Bets Haskell Invitational Stakes, which is a “Win and You’re In” race for the Longines Breeders’ Cup Traditional. Protection on NBC and CNBC will probably be simul-streamed on Peacock and NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports activities app. Lots of the different Problem Collection races this summer time and fall will air on FanDuel TV, together with worldwide races from England’s prestigious Royal Ascot meet in June and from Longchamp Racecourse in France in October.
5. The Problem Collection started in 2007 with 24 “Win and You’re In” races from two international locations. By 2014, it consisted of 71 races throughout 13 international locations. For 2024, there are 82 races within the sequence that may happen in 12 international locations.
6. After a profitable restructuring in 2022, the 2024 sequence within the U.S. will once more characteristic a regional qualifying program to stability divisional competitors throughout the nation. In 10 of the 14 race divisions, there will probably be one Breeders’ Cup Problem Collection race per area, recognized as East, Midwest, and West. Breeders’ Cup will promote these regional rivalries on the street to the World Championships. All North American Problem races have to be graded or group stakes to be included within the sequence.
7. A brand new nation will probably be represented within the Problem Collection for 2024: South Korea. Two races held at Seoul Racecourse on Sept. 8 will supply reserved positions within the World Championships at Del Mar: the Korea Cup (Massive Ass Followers Breeders’ Cup Dust Mile) and the Korea Dash (Breeders’ Cup Dash). Each of those are acknowledged as Group 3 stakes by the Worldwide Cataloguing Requirements, which units standards for high quality in races held world wide. Korea’s addition follows on the heels of Japan’s latest success within the Breeders’ Cup, represented by two winners in 2021 and the runner-up within the Longines Breeders’ Cup Traditional, Derma Sotogake, final yr.
8. In 2024, there have been 42 Problem Collection winners who ended up collaborating within the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park. Eight of them ended up successful their respective divisional Breeders’ Cup races.
9. Longines Breeders’ Cup Traditional 2023 winner White Abarrio led the octet of Problem Collection winners that received Breeders’ Cup races. White Abarrio earned his “Win and You’re In” berth final August at Saratoga when he received captured the Whitney Stakes. Different 2023 Breeders’ Cup winners who earned berths by means of the Problem Collection included Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Auguste Rodin, Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff winner Idiomatic, Massive Ass Followers Breeders’ Cup Dust Mile winner Cody’s Want (additionally 2023 Horse of the 12 months), FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile Introduced by PDJF winner Grasp of The Seas, Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf winner Inspiral, NetJets Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies winner Simply F Y I, and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner Onerous to Justify.
10. Six “Win and You’re In” races for Breeders’ Cup 2024 will probably be held at Del Mar, the positioning of this yr’s World Championships and likewise the 42nd Breeders’ Cup in 2025. The picturesque oceanside observe, generally known as “The place the Turf Meets the Surf,” first hosted the World Championships in 2017 and did once more in 2021. Its signature race through the summer time meet, the FanDuel Racing Pacific Traditional Stakes, will probably be held Aug. 31 and is a qualifying race for the Longines Breeders’ Cup Traditional. Del Mar’s different “Win and You’re In” races are the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff), Del Mar Handicap Introduced by Japan Racing Affiliation (Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf), Pat O’Brien Stakes (Massive Ass Followers Breeders’ Cup Dust Mile), Bing Crosby Stakes (Breeders’ Cup Dash), and Inexperienced Flash Handicap (Breeders’ Cup Turf Dash).
