Breeders’ Cup Ltd. today announced its broadcast coverage schedule for the 40th Breeders’ Cup World Championships on Nov. 3-4 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. The two-day championship event will be shown live across NBC, Peacock, USA Network, and FanDuel TV on Friday and Saturday.
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No Longer Anchored by Classic, Breeders’ Cup Championship Broadcast Schedule Unveiled
The Breeders' Cup released the broadcast line-up for the upcoming championship weekend which, for the first time, will not conclude with the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Classic when it returns to Santa Anita Nov. 3 and 4. The Classic, with a post time of 6:40 p.m. ET Saturday, will mark the end of 3 1/2 hours of live programming on NBC and Peacock and, as NBC Sports moves on to Big Ten Football coverage, FanDuel TV will televise the two final Breeders' Cup races: the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint and the GI Qatar Racing Breeders' Cup Sprint.
USA Network will provide live coverage of the Future Star Friday card from 4-8 p.m. ET. Coverage will include one undercard race and all five Breeders' Cup races, concluding with the $1-million GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf at 7:40 p.m. ET.
FanDuel TV coverage will begin at 2:30 p.m. ET Friday with the first undercard race and will conclude with undercard Race 10 at 8:10 p.m. ET.
The USA Network coverage Saturday is from 1:30-3:30 p.m. ET, followed by live programming on NBC and Peacock from 3:30-7 p.m. ET.
FanDuel TV will also televise the first two undercard races and eight of the nine Breeders' Cup World Championships races on Saturday and will conclude its coverage with a final undercard race with a post time of 8:32 p.m. ET.
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