Breeders' Cup Limited has rolled out its broadcast coverage schedule, post times, and wagering menu for the Championships, which will take place on Nov. 1-2 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, California, and the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Classic has been moved to the middle of the Saturday card, the organization said in a release on Thursday.
Shown live domestically across NBC, Peacock, USA Network, and FanDuel TV, the event will featuring 14 Grade I races and more than $34 million in purses and awards.
New this year, to take advantage of the 2 1/2-hour national broadcast window on NBC, post time for the Classic, Race #8, will be 2:41 p.m. PT/5:41 p.m. ET. There will be four Championship races before and four after the Classic, which makes the marquee race the end of the middle Pick 5 and the start of the late Pick 5.
This year's Championships begins Nov. 1 with “Future Stars Friday,” featuring all five Breeders' Cup races for 2-year-olds. There will be five undercard races preceding the first race on the 10-race program, with the first post time at 11:35 a.m. PT/2:35 p.m. ET.
USA Network and FanDuel TV will televise the Friday action, with USA Network coverage taking place from 1-5 p.m. PT/4-8 p.m. ET and including two undercard races and four Breeders' Cup races concluding with the GI FanDuel Breeders' Cup Juvenile at 4:45 p.m. PT/7:45 p.m. ET. FanDuel TV coverage will begin at 11:00 a.m. PT/2:00 p.m. ET with the first undercard race and will conclude with the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf at 5:25 p.m. PT/8:25 p.m. ET.
Championship Saturday features nine Breeders' Cup races on a 12-race card. First post is 10:05 a.m. PT/1:05 p.m. ET, with three undercard races preceding, the GI Big Ass Fans Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, Race #4, which will have a post time of 12 p.m. PT/3 p.m. ET.
Following the Dirt Mile will be: the GI Prevagen Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, Race #5, at 12:41 p.m. PT/3:41 p.m. ET; the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff, Race #6, at 1:21 p.m. PT/4:21 p.m. ET; and the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Turf, Race #7, at 2:01 p.m PT/5:01 p.m. ET.
USA Network begins its live Saturday coverage from 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. PT/2-3:30 p.m. ET, followed by 2 1/2 hours on NBC from 12:30 p.m.-3 p.m. PT/3:30-6 p.m. ET. Coverage on NBC concludes with the Classic and live coverage continues on USA Network from 3-5 p.m. PT/6-8 p.m. ET.
There will be four Breeders' Cup races after the Classic which includes: GI Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf, Race #9, at 3:25 p.m. PT/6:25 p.m. ET; GI PNC Bank Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint, Race #10, at 4:05 p.m. PT/7:05 p.m. ET; GI FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile, Race #11, at 4:45 p.m. PT/7:45 p.m. ET, and concluding with the GI Cygames Breeders' Cup Sprint, Race #12, at 5:25 p.m. PT/8:25 p.m. ET.
Continuous coverage of all Breeders' Cup World Championship races on Friday and Saturday will stream live on Peacock both days. Additionally, all undercard and World Championship races, except the Classic, will be shown live on FanDuel TV as part of the Breeders' Cup Players' Show coverage, which is also available on www.BreedersCup.com and mobile app, all major ADW platforms, and at simulcast facilities around the world.
The Breeders' Cup will be distributed to more than 150 countries around the world, including live telecasts on ITV4, Sky Sports Racing, and Racing TV in England and Ireland, The Green Channel in Japan, and Sportsnet in Canada.
As for the wagering menu, it will provide horseplayers with multi-race wagers featuring multi-million-dollar pools throughout the two-day program at Del Mar. For instance, special daily doubles on Friday consist of leg one on Friday and leg two on Saturday, and Friday's Pick 6, Pick 5's and High 5 may carry over.
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