The 2019 Breeders' Cup Challenge Series; Win and You're In, presented by America's Best Racing will consist of 11 live programs featuring over 20 automatic Breeders' Cup qualifying races, the Breeders' Cup and NBC Sports announced Wednesday.
The series will kick off June 8 during NBC Sports's coverage of Belmont Stakes Day, with the GI Runhappy Metropolitan H. and GI Ogden Phipps S. offering automatic berths into the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile and GI Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff, respectively.
“NBC Sports continues to be the leader in televising the best in domestic and international Thoroughbred racing and we are delighted to partner with them again to deliver our fans the best in Breeders' Cup Challenge races throughout the summer and fall leading to the World Championships,” said Craig Fravel, Breeders' Cup President and CEO. “We also thank our participating racetracks in the 2019 series and the support of our presenting sponsor America's Best Racing.”
The complete Breeders' Cup Challenge TV schedule can be found here.
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