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Breeders’ Cup Wagering Menu Set; All-Turf Pick 4 New Addition

he Breeders' Cup announced the official order of races and wagering menu for the 2021 Breeders' Cup World Championships, scheduled to take place on Friday, Nov. 5, and Saturday, Nov. 6, at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, Calif. There will be a total of 10 races (five Breeders' Cup races) on the first day of the Championships – “Future Stars Friday” – and 12 races on the Saturday program (nine Breeders' Cup races). The Friday program begins at 11:55 a.m. PT with five undercard races. The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) (Race #10) will be the final race of the day, which will have a post time of 5:30 p.m. PT.

Championship Saturday's first post is 10:15 a.m. PT and begins with three undercard races. The day will conclude with the $6 million Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) (Race #12), which will have a post time of 5:40 p.m. PT.

This year, a total of 19 countries from around the world, including Canada, France, Ireland, Germany and the United Kingdom, will be offering pari-mutuel, commingled pool wagering on the Breeders' Cup World Championships. Eight other jurisdictions will be offering separate pool wagering, including Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Hong Kong, India, Japan and Mexico.

“As a global property with horses competing from all corners of the world, we are pleased to be able to offer commingled pari-mutuel wagering for bettors across 19 countries,” said Drew Fleming, Breeders' Cup president and CEO. “This provides strong liquidity for our pools and maximizes value for our world-wide customers. We are also appreciative and honored to have Hong Kong and Japan included in wagering this year, which demonstrates the opportunities available to every jurisdiction when we work together to globalize our sport.”

The 2021 wagering menu will include a new All-Turf Pick 4 on Saturday that will package four of the best turf races in the world together with full fields of international competitors. The four races, in order, are the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (Race 5), Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (Race 7), FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile (Race 9), and the Longines Breeders' Cup Turf (Race 11).

Also, for the first time, the Breeders' Cup will offer a third, middle Pick 5 on Saturday, starting with Race 3. The early Pick 5 will start with Race 1 and the late Pick 5 with Race 8. Last year's late Pick 5 on Saturday generated a $5.1 million pool while the late Pick 4 offered a $4.3 million pool. The last time the Breeders' Cup was held at Del Mar in 2017, $166 million was wagered on the two-day World Championships.

Championships Race Order (All Times Pacific)
The first Championship race on “Future Stars Friday” will be the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G2) (2:50 p.m.) followed by the $2 million NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) (3:30 p.m.), the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) (4:10 p.m.), the $2 million TVG Breeders' Cup Juvenile presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (G1) (4:50 p.m.) and the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (5:30 p.m.).

Championship Saturday begins with three undercard races followed by the $1 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) (12:05 p.m.), the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1) (12:40 p.m.), the $1 million Big Ass Fans Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) (1:19 p.m.), the $2 million Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) (1:59 p.m.), the $2 million Qatar Racing Breeders' Cup Sprint (2:38 p.m.), the $2 million FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile presented by PDJF (G1) (3:20 p.m.), the $2 million Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) (4:00 p.m.), the $4 million Longines Breeders' Cup Turf (G1) (4:40 p.m.) and the $6 million Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (5:40 p.m.).

The race order for the undercard races on Breeders' Cup Friday and Saturday will be announced on Monday, Nov. 1.

2021 BREEDERS' CUP POST TIMES AND WAGERING MENU
(All Times Pacific)

Friday, November 5
Race 1	11:55 am	TBD	WPS	EX	TRI	SUPER	P3	DD		Pick 5	SH-5
Race 2	12:25 pm	TBD	WPS	EX	TRI	SUPER	P3	DD		Pick 4	SH-5
Race 3	12:55 pm	TBD	WPS	EX	TRI	SUPER	P3	DD			SH-5
Race 4	1:30 pm	TBD	WPS	EX	TRI	SUPER	P3	DD		Pick 4	SH-5
Race 5	2:05 pm	TBD	WPS	EX	TRI	SUPER	P3	DD		Pick 6	SH-5
Race 6	2:50 pm	BC Juvenile Turf Sprint	WPS	EX	TRI	SUPER	P3	DD		Pick 5	SH-5
Race 7	3:30 pm	NetJets BC Juvenile Fillies	WPS	EX	TRI	SUPER	P3	DD	SPDD	Pick 4	SH-5
Race 8	4:10 pm	BC Juvenile Fillies Turf	WPS	EX	TRI	SUPER	P3	DD			SH-5
Race 9	4:50 pm	TVG BC Juvenile presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance	WPS	EX	TRI	SUPER		DD	SPDD		SH-5
Race 10	5:30 pm	BC Juvenile Turf	WPS	EX	TRI	SUPER			SPDD		SH-5

Saturday, November 6
Race 1	10:15 am	TBD	WPS	EX	TRI	SUPER	P3	DD		Pick 5	SH-5
Race 2	10:50 am	TBD	WPS	EX	TRI	SUPER	P3	DD		Pick 4	SH-5
Race 3	11:25 am	TBD	WPS	EX	TRI	SUPER	P3	DD		Pick 5	SH-5
Race 4	12:05 pm	BC Filly & Mare Sprint	WPS	EX	TRI	SUPER	P3	DD		Pick 4	SH-5
Race 5	12:40 pm	BC Turf Sprint	WPS	EX	TRI	SUPER	P3	DD		All Turf Pick 4	SH-5
Race 6	1:19 pm	Big Ass Fans BC Dirt Mile	WPS	EX	TRI	SUPER	P3	DD		Pick 4	SH-5
Race 7	1:59 pm	Maker's Mark BC Filly & Mare Turf	WPS	EX	TRI	SUPER	P3	DD		Pick 6	SH-5
Race 8	2:38 pm	Qatar Racing BC Sprint	WPS	EX	TRI	SUPER	P3	DD		Pick 5	SH-5
Race 9	3:20 pm	FanDuel BC Mile presented by PDJF	WPS	EX	TRI	SUPER	P3	DD		Pick 4	SH-5
Race 10	4:00 pm	Longines BC Distaff	WPS	EX	TRI	SUPER	P3	DD			SH-5
Race 11	4:40 pm	Longines BC Turf	WPS	EX	TRI	SUPER		DD			SH-5
Race 12	5:40 pm	Longines BC Classic	WPS	EX	TRI	SUPER					SH-5

BOLD are Breeders' Cup World Championships races.

Wagering Notes:

Friday's Pick 6, early and late Pick 5 and Super High 5 may carry over to Saturday.
Saturday's Ultra Pick 6, late Pick 5 and Super High 5 are mandatory payouts.
Saturday's All Turf Pick 4 includes races 5, 7, 9 and 11.
ANY Pick 5 carryover will roll over to the late Pick 5 on Saturday.
Special Daily Double:
- Juvenile Turf/Turf on race 7 Friday with race 10 Saturday
- Juvenile Fillies/Distaff on race 10 Friday with race 11 Saturday
- Juvenile/Classic on race 9 Friday with race 12 Saturday
Breeders' Cup will offer a unique Super High 5 bet that will be available on every race – undercard included – during its two-day race card. Breeders' Cup initially planned to conduct the bet under ARCI rule 004-105(X) (5) Option 4 that would have seen it paid out with 25% return of the major share and 75% to the minor share. Subsequently, it has been changed to offer a 100% payout with no consolations under ARCI rule 004-105(X)(4) Option 3. This results in a “rolling” Super High 5 that carries over to the next race if there are no winners, all the way forward to the final race on the Saturday card – the Longines Breeders' Cup Classic – where a mandatory full payout will be in effect.

BET MINIMUMS

$1.00 – WIN, PLACE, SHOW, DAILY DOUBLE, EXACTA, PICK 6, SPECIAL DAILY DOUBLE

$0.50 – TRIFECTA, PICK 3, PICK 4, PICK 5, SUPER HIGH 5

$0.10 – SUPERFECTA

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‘Like A Lioness’: Defending Turf Champion Tarnawa Ready For ‘Bigger Challenge’ At Del Mar

Last year's Breeders' Cup Turf winner Tarnawa has long been penciled in for this year's edition of the 1 1/2-mile race at Del Mar, veteran Irish trainer Dermot Weld revealed during an NTRA media teleconference on Wednesday, shortly after pre-entries for this year's world championships were released. Weld believes the Aga Khan's 5-year-old daughter of Shamardal is up to the challenge, despite questions about how she might handle the firm ground “Where the Turf Meets the Surf.”

“I think this is what makes a really true champion, if they can go and defend their crown over different surfaces a year apart,” Weld said. “This will be a bigger challenge than last year for her, due to the firmer ground. Equally, she is a really, really good racemare who responds to each challenge she gets.”

Tarnawa is pre-entered in both the Turf and the Filly & Mare Turf, but Weld said she would most likely run against males to defend her title in the Turf.

In order to facilitate her return trip to the United States, Tarnawa had a later-than-normal start to her 2021 campaign. She commenced with a win in the Group 3 Ballyroan Stakes at Leopardstown on Aug. 5, and was subsequently beaten just three-quarters of a length by St. Mark's Basilica in the G1 Irish Champion Stakes on Sept. 11. In her third start this year, the mare put in a valiant effort to fall just shy of a win in the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

“She fought like a lioness, and unfortunately we just came up short and the ground was extremely testing,” said Weld. “She's a very brave filly, very tough, very genuine. She gives 110 percent every time she runs. When she came back from Paris she was tired for about a week, so we just took it easy with her… I've been very happy with her work for the past week.”

Weld, the 21-time champion trainer in Ireland, knows what it takes to win races internationally. A qualified veterinarian, Weld took over his father's yard (Charlie Weld) at the age of 24 after gaining early experience on the backstretch of Belmont Park. He has since trained top-level winners on four continents, and he remains the only European trainer to win a leg of the American Triple Crown: the 1990 Belmont Stakes with the aptly-named Go And Go.

A year later, Weld sent raiders to Hong Kong and saddled Additional Risk to win the International Hong Kong Mile. In 1993, Weld became the first European trainer to send out a winner in Australia's Melbourne Cup when Vintage Crop captured the “race that stops a nation.” He won a second Melbourne Cup with Media Puzzle in 2002, and has won a total of 10 stakes races in the United States.

Now 73, Weld is excited to travel to Del Mar for this year's Breeders' Cup. Due to pandemic restrictions he was unable to attend the races at Keeneland in 2020, so Weld had to celebrate the first Breeders' Cup win of his career from afar. This year, Weld hopes to see Tarnawa rise to the challenge at Del Mar in person.

“I appreciate that she handled what we would call good to firm ground in Kentucky, whereas I am well aware that what we face is going to be a lot quicker and is a concern,” Weld said. “I actually think she could be a slightly better mare this year. She's developed every year, and she's actually training a couple of kilos heavier than last year… She's a very professional racehorse, with such a great constitution.”

Tarnawa will be ridden by Colin Keane in the Turf, reuniting her with the jockey who piloted her to victory at Keeneland. Keane rode Tarnawa for her first two starts this year, but Christophe Soumillon was up for the Arc. Weld explained that Soumillon is the Aga Khan's retained rider in France, whereas Keane rides most of the horses in Ireland.

“(Keane) did win on her last year, and he gave her a perfect ride in the Irish Champion Stakes,” Weld said.

Weld also revealed that 2021 will be Tarnawa's final season of racing. The mare is pre-entered in the Hong Kong International Races on Dec. 12, but whether or not she makes that trip will be dependent on how she runs in the Breeders' Cup.

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Breeders’ Cup Presents The News Minute: International Pre-Entries At Record Level

A record 56 international runners was pre-entered for the Nov. 5-6 Breeders' Cup World Championships at Del Mar racetrack near San Diego, Calif. Overall, 196 horses were pre-entered for the 14 races that culminate with the Nov. 6 $6-million Longines Classic. With a 5:40 p.m. Pacific post time, the Classic will be aired on prime-time television on the East Coast on the NBC network between 8-9 p.m. ET.

The ink hadn't dried on the pre-entry forms yet when it was learned there will be at least one defection from overseas. Trainer Aidan O'Brien said Order of Australia would not make the trip from Ireland to defend his title in the Breeders' Cup Mile after suffering a setback on Wednesday morning. Order of Australia was one of eight returning Breeders' Cup winners pre-entered. The others are Knicks Go, Essential Quality, Tarnawa, Audarya, Gamine, Glass Slippers and Golden Pal.

Final entries are due on the morning of Monday, Nov. 1, with post positions drawn that afternoon in the Del Mar paddock at 2:30 p.m. The general public is invited to attend.

In this Breeders' Cup News Minute, publisher Ray Paulick takes a closer look at some of the pre-entries and offers a historical perspective on what races have on average provided the biggest (and lowest) payouts.

Watch the Breeders' Cup News Minute below:

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TCA to Host Bash at the Breeders’ Cup Fundraiser

Thoroughbred Charities of America will host Bash at the Breeders' Cup on Friday, Nov. 5 at the Hilton in Del Mar. An outdoor event featuring signature cocktails, music, hors d'oeuvres, and a live auction of racing memorabilia and experiences, Bash at the Breeders' Cup is a fundraiser for TCA. The Hilton San Diego/Del Mar is directly across the street from the racetrack. Tickets are available here.

“Bash at the Breeders' Cup has become a significant fundraiser for TCA and, after a hiatus last year, we're thrilled to return to Del Mar,” said Erin Crady executive director of TCA. “We're looking forward to welcoming guests back to this fun event all while raising money for our 2022 approved grant recipients that work to provide Thoroughbred aftercare and offer health and human services to backstretch and farm workers.”

Bash at the Breeders' Cup will feature a live auction including two Del Mar Racing packages, a halter worn by Letruska, a racing saddle signed by numerous jockeys including Johnny Velazquez, Mike Smith, Flavien Prat, and Jose Ortiz, a 2022 Whitney Stakes racing package, and much more.

Bash at the Breeders' Cup is generously sponsored by Herringswell Stables, Blackstone Farm, Abbondanza Racing, Radley Equine, New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association, Candy Meadows Farm, Tito's Vodka, Maker's Mark, and Jackson Family Wines. Media sponsors include the BloodHorse, TDN, Paulick Report, and the Horse Racing Radio Network.

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