Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Equine Daily--The Equine World's Top Headline of the Day

BREEDERS' CUP POST TIMES ANNOUNCED
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The post times for the 14 (plus 8 others, not Breeders' Cup races) races in the Breeders' Cup World Championships were announced September 29.

The official race order of the 25th running of the events will be announced Thursday, October 16. Each race will feature a maximum of fourteen horses, with the exceptions of the Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf, the Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf and the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, which will feature a maximum of twelve racers.

On the Friday program are a total of 10 races. Five of them are Breeders' Cup races. The first post time is 2:05 pm ET and 1:05 pm CT. The Breeders' Cup race post time begins at 3:35 pm ET, 2:25 pm CT. ESPN2 will host all five, which include the $1 million Sentient Flight Group Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint; $1 million Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf; $2 million Bessemer Trust Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies; $2 million Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf; and the $2 million Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic.

On Saturday, October 25, eleven races will take place, nine of them Breeders' Cup races; they are: $500,000 Breeders' Cup Marathon; $1 million Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf; $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile; $1 million Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint; $2 million Bessemer Trust Breeders' Cup Juvenile; $2 million Breeders' Cup Mile, $2 million Sentient Flight Group Breeders' Cup Sprint, $3 million Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Turf and the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic. Coverage will be on ABC at 1:00 pm ET, 12:00 pm CT. ~Equine Lover

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