BREEDERS’ CUP ANNOUNCES $2 MILLION PURSE INCREASE FOR 2024 BREEDERS’ CUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

$1 Million Added to Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic and Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf; 2024 World Championships at Del Mar Now Worth $33 Million in Purses & Awards

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 12, 2024) – Breeders’ Cup Limited today announced individual $1 million purse increases for two of its marquee races – the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) and the Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) – demonstrating the organization’s longstanding commitment to global excellence and the enrichment of Thoroughbred racing.

Beginning with this year’s 41st World Championships at Del Mar, the purse of the 1 1/4-mile Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic will increase from $6 million to $7 million, while the purse of the 1 1/2-mile Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf will increase from $4 million to $5 million. This raises total purses and awards for the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, Thoroughbred racing’s most prestigious two-day event, to more than $33 million. The increases were approved at the March meeting of Breeders’ Cup Limited’s Board of Directors.

“These purse increases reflect a key mission of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships: to attract the best-of-the-best from around the world to compete in a spectacular international showcase,” said Drew Fleming, President and CEO of Breeders’ Cup Limited. “We are proud that the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic and Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf continually rank among the top races in the world and these purse increases demonstrate our Board of Directors’ commitment to further enhancing the international stature of the World Championships.”

Since its founding in 1982, Breeders’ Cup Limited has allocated more than $1 billion in purses and awards to the Thoroughbred industry.

The 2024 Breeders’ Cup World Championships, featuring 14 Grade 1 Championship races, will be held Nov. 1-2 at Del Mar. Tickets go on sale Monday, April 22, at Noon ET/9:00 a.m. PT. Fans can sign up to receive ticket information at BreedersCup.com/2024.

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Breeders’ Cup Limited administers the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, Thoroughbred racing’s year-end Championships, as well as the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series: Win and You’re In, which provides automatic starting positions into the Championships races through an 80-race series hosted by 11 countries, and the U.S.-based Dirt Dozen Bonus Series. The Breeders’ Cup supports and operates under the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA), which, for the first time, establishes a national, uniform set of rules applicable to every Thoroughbred racing participant and racetrack. HISA seeks to enhance the safety of both horse and rider and to protect the integrity of the sport to the benefit of all racing participants, fans, and bettors.

The 2024 Breeders’ Cup World Championships, consisting of 14 Grade 1 Championship races and more than $33 million in purses and awards, will be held Nov. 1-2 at Del Mar in Del Mar, California. The 2025 World Championships will also be held at Del Mar on Oct. 31-Nov. 1. The Championships will be televised live by NBC Sports. Press releases appear on the Breeders’ Cup website, BreedersCup.com. You can also follow the Breeders’ Cup on social media.