ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 will combine to present the 28th Breeders’ Cup World Championships from storied Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on Friday, Nov. 4, and Saturday, Nov. 5. In addition, ESPN3 will offer simulcasts of most Breeders’ Cup races. This premier international event boasts $26 million in purses and awards.
Capping off the season of thoroughbred racing, the 15-race Breeders’ Cup features four-year-old female Havre de Grace, who won the Woodward Stakes at Saratoga; and Mike Repole’s horses Uncle Mo, the 2010 Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner, and Stay Thirsty, winner of the Travers Stakes.
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