BREEDERS' CUP PURSES SOAR.Byline: Kevin Modesti Staff Writer The Breeders' Cup The Breeders' Cup World Championships is an annual series of Grade I thoroughbred horse races operated by Breeders' Cup Limited, a company formed in 1982 by a consortium of North American racing organizations, led by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. at Santa Anita on Oct. 25 will be the richest day in American thoroughbred racing history thanks to $1 million in purse raises announced Monday. Prize money for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile The Breeders' Cup Juvenile is a Thoroughbred horse race for 2-year-old colts and geldings raced on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup. , for 2-year-old colts and geldings, and the Breeders' Cup Mile, run on the turf course, is going up $500,000 apiece, making each race worth $1.5 million. For its 20th edition, the eight-race program, topped by the $4 million Breeders' Cup Classic The Breeders' Cup Classic is a Grade 1 Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race for 3 years old and older run at a distance of 1¼ miles (2012 m) on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup. , will offer purses totaling $14 million. The increases will be funded by bumps in race-entry fees. Breeders' Cup president D.G. Van Clief Jr. said the purses have been calibrated cal·i·brate tr.v. cal·i·brat·ed, cal·i·brat·ing, cal·i·brates 1. To check, adjust, or determine by comparison with a standard (the graduations of a quantitative measuring instrument): to ``attract the very best horses from around the world.'' In other announcements, organizers awarded the 2005 Breeders' Cup to Belmont Park in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and completed sponsorship deals with Dodge and Nextel. Van Clief said an on-site crowd of 55,000 is anticipated for this year's Breeders' Cup in Arcadia, similar to the attendance for the event's stops at Santa Anita in 1993 and Hollywood Park in 1997. Del Mar is seeking to host the event for the first time as early as 2007. |
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