BREEDERS’ CUP ANNOUNCES 2024 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BROADCAST SCHEDULE, POST TIMES, AND WAGERING MENU 

Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic the Centerpiece of Blockbuster Breeders’ Cup World Championships Coverage Nov. 1-2 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club

Updated: Oct. 23, 2024

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 3, 2024) ― Breeders’ Cup Limited today announced its broadcast coverage schedule, post times, and wagering menu for the 41st Breeders’ Cup World Championships on Nov. 1-2 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, California. The two-day championship event will be shown live domestically across NBC, Peacock, USA Network, and FanDuel TV.  

Featuring 14 Grade 1 races and more than $34 million in purses and awards, the 2024 World Championships will entertain fans from around the globe as the sport’s best horses, owners, breeders, trainers, and jockeys compete over two days of world-class racing. This will be the third time that Del Mar, located “Where the Turf Meets the Surf” on the shores of the Pacific Ocean, will host the World Championships.  

The $7 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), broadcast live on NBC and streamed live on Peacock, will be the centerpiece of the Championships Saturday program. New this year, to take advantage of the 2 1/2-hour national broadcast window on NBC, post time for the Classic will be 2:41 p.m. PT / 5:41 p.m. ET. There will be four Championship races before and four Championship races after the Classic, centering the marquee race as the end of the middle Pick 5 and the start of the late Pick 5 on the wagering menu. 

With a prospective field punctuated by 3-year-old stars from three continents – 2023 FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) winner and Champion 2-year-old male Fierceness, winner of the Travers Stakes (G1) this year; City of Troy, who won the Betfred Derby (G1) and the Juddmonte International Stakes (G1) in Europe; and Japanese standout Forever Young (JPN), who finished just a head back in this year’s Kentucky Derby (G1) – the 2024 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic is taking shape as an international showdown of epic proportions on racing’s biggest stage.  

This year’s Breeders’ Cup begins Nov. 1 with “Future Stars Friday,” featuring all five Breeders’ Cup World Championships races for 2-year-olds. There will be five undercard races preceding the first Breeders’ Cup race on Friday’s 10-race program, with the first race post time at 11:35 a.m. PT / 2:35 p.m. ET.  

USA Network and FanDuel TV will televise the Friday action, with USA Network coverage taking place from 1-5 p.m. PT / 4-8 p.m. ET and including two undercard races and four Breeders’ Cup races concluding with the $2 million FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at 4:45 p.m. PT / 7:45 p.m. ET. FanDuel TV coverage will begin at 11:00 a.m. PT / 2:00 p.m. ET with the first undercard race and will conclude with the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) at 5:25 p.m. PT / 8:25 p.m. ET.  

Championship Saturday features nine Breeders’ Cup World Championships races on a 12-race card. First post is 10:05 a.m. PT / 1:05 p.m. ET, with three undercard races preceding the first Breeders’ Cup race.

USA Network begins its live Saturday coverage from 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. PT / 2-3:30 p.m. ET, followed by 2 1/2 hours on NBC from 12:30 p.m.–3 p.m. PT / 3:30-6 p.m. ET. Coverage on NBC concludes with the $7 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) and live coverage continues on USA Network from 3-5 p.m. PT / 6-8 p.m. ET.   

There will be four outstanding Breeders’ Cup World Championships races after the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic, as follows:

• Race #9: $2 million Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) at 3:25 p.m. PT / 6:25 p.m. ET;
• Race #10: $2 million Cygames Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) at 4:05 p.m. PT / 7:05 p.m. ET;
• Race #11: $2 million FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) at 4:45 p.m. PT / 7:45 p.m. ET, and concluding with the
• Race #12: $1 million Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) at 5:25 p.m. PT / 8:25 p.m. ET.

Continuous coverage of all Breeders’ Cup World Championship races on Friday and Saturday will stream live on Peacock both days. Additionally, all undercard and World Championship races, except the Classic, will be shown live on FanDuel TV as part of the Breeders’ Cup Players’ Show coverage, which is also available on BreedersCup.com and mobile app, all major ADW platforms, and at simulcast facilities around the world.  

The Breeders’ Cup World Championships will be distributed to more than 150 countries around the world, including live telecasts on ITV4, Sky Sports Racing, and Racing TV in England and Ireland, The Green Channel in Japan, and Sportsnet in Canada. 

The World Championships wagering menu will provide horseplayers with multi-race wagers featuring multi-million-dollar pools throughout the two-day program at Del Mar.  

Race order and post times are subject to change. Final official race order and post times for the 2024 World Championships will be released on Oct. 23. 

Wagering Notes 

• Special Daily Doubles (SPDD) on Friday consist of leg one on Friday and leg two on Saturday.
  • Friday Race 7 with Saturday Race 6
  • Friday Race 9 with Saturday Race 8
  • Friday Race 10 with Saturday Race 7
• Friday’s Pick 6, Pick 5’s and High 5 may carry over to Saturday.
• Any Pick 5 carryover from Friday or the early Pick 5 on Saturday will carry over to the late Pick 5 on Saturday. The middle Pick 5 on Saturday will have a mandatory payout.
• Special Daily Double (SPDD) on Saturday will be the BC Distaff as leg one and the BC Classic as leg two.
• Saturday’s Pick 6, late Pick 5 and Super High 5 will have a mandatory payout on Breeders’ Cup Saturday. 

Bet Minimums 

$3 All-Turf Pick 3 

$1 WPS, Exacta, Daily Double, Pick 6, and SPDD  

$.50 Trifecta, Pick 3, Pick 4, All-Turf Pick 4, All-Dirt Pick 4, Pick 5, Super High 5 

$.10 Superfecta 

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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 82-race series hosted by 12 countries, and the U.S.-based Dirt Dozen Bonus Series. The Breeders’ Cup operates under the national, uniform rules and regulations of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) and its Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit (HIWU).

The 2024 Breeders’ Cup World Championships, featuring 14 Grade 1 Championship races run during a two-day festival worth more than $34 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.