Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series

The Breeders’ Cup Challenge is a series of national and international stakes races that allow a horse to qualify for a Breeder Cup entry. It is as simple as win, and they’re in, meaning the horses receive an automatic free entry and fees paid into the Breeders’ Cup World Championship, which is scheduled to be held this year Nov. 4-5 at Keeneland.

The Challenge Series, now in its 16th year, will be hosted at many of the world’s premier racetracks in Argentina, Canada, Chile, England, France, Ireland, Japan, Peru, South Africa and the United States.

Each Breeders’ Cup race presents four trophies to the connections of the winner and a garland of flowers draped over the withers of the winning horse. Many Breeders’ Cup winners will go on to win the Eclipse Award in their respective division.

A maximum of 14 starters are allowed in each of the Breeders’ Cup Championships races (depending on track dimensions, some races such as the Turf Sprint or Dirt Mile may be limited to 12 starters). Breeders’ Cup Limited has adopted a field selection system to select runners in the event fields are oversubscribed. Winners of the “Win and You’re In” Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series races automatically qualify.

Other pre-entries are ranked by a point system for graded stakes performance during the year, and the judgment of a panel of racing experts. After pre-entries are taken approximately two weeks before the Breeders’ Cup, the ranking determines eligibility in oversubscribed races. After pre-entry, any vacancies in the fields are filled by horses in order of panel preference.

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Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series Races

U.S and International	Track	Date	Race Name	Breeders’ Cup Division	Winner	Video
ARG	San Isidro	11- Dec 2021	Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini	Longines Turf	Village King
Cape Town	Kenilworth	08-Jan	L’ Ormarins Queen’s Plate	Fan Duel Mile	Jet Dark
Cape Town	Kenilworth	08-Jan	Cartier Paddock Stakes	Maker’s Mark F&M Turf	Captain’s Ransom
JRA	Tokyo	20-Feb	February Stakes	Longines Classic	Cafe Phraroah
Argentina	Palermo	01-May	Gran Premio Criadores	Longines Distaff	La Validada
JRA	Tokyo	15- May	Victoria Mile	Maker’s Mark F&M Turf	Sodashi
Chile	Club Hipico	29- May	Gran Premio Club Hipico Falabella	FanDuel Mile	Viejos Tiempos
USA	Santa Anita	30-May	Shoemaker Mile	FanDuel Mile	Count Again
JRA	Tokyo	5-June	Yasuda Kinen	FanDuel Mile	Songline
USA	Belmont Park	11-June	Hill ‘N’ Dale Metropolitan	FanDuel Mile	Flightline
USA	Belmont Park	11-June	Jaipur	Turf Sprint	Casa Creed
USA	Belmont Park	11-JUne	Ogden Phipps	Longines Distaff	Clairiere
UK	Ascot	14-June	King’s Stand S.	Turf Sprint	Nature Strip
UK	Ascot	14-June	Queen Anne Stakes	FanDuel Mile	Baaeed
UK	Ascot	15-June	Prince of Wales’s Stakes	Longines Turf	State of Rest
UK	Ascot	16-June	Norfolk Stakes	Juvenile Turf Sprint	The Ridler
Peru	Hipodromo de Monterrico	26-June	Gran Premio Pamplona	Maker’s Mark F&M Turf	Ola Perfecta
JRA	Hashin	26-June	Takarazuka Kinen	Longines Turf	Titleholder
Brasil	Hipódromo da Gávea	26-June	Grande Premio Brasil	Longines Turf	Nautilus
USA	Gulfstream Park	2-July	Princess Rooney Invitational	Filly & Mare Sprint	Ce Ce
USA	Churchill Downs	2-July	Stephen Foster Stakes	Longines Classic	Olympiad
UK	Ascot	23-July	King George VI & Queen Elizabeth QIPCO Stakes	Longines Turf	Pyledriver
USA	Monmouth Park	23-July	TVG.com Haskell Stakes	Longines Classic	Cyberknife
UK	Goodwood	27-July	Qatar Sussex Stakes	FanDuel Mile	Baaeed
USA	Del Mar	30-July	Bing Crosby Stakes	Qatar Racing Sprint	American Theorem
USA	Del Mar	6-Aug	Clement L. Hirsch Stakes	Longines Distaff	Blue Stripe
USA	Saratoga	6-Aug	The Whitney	Longines Classic	Life Is Good
USA	Saratoga	13-Aug	The Fourstardave	FanDuel Mile	Casa Creed
USA	Churchill Downs	13-Aug	Beverly D. Stakes	Maker’s Mark Filly & Mare Turf	Dalika
France	France Galop	14-Aug	Prix du Haras de Fresnay-Le-Buffard Jacques le Marois	FanDuel Mile	Inspiral
UK	York	17-Aug	Juddmonte International Stakes	Longines Classic	Baaeed
UK	York	18-Aug	Darley Yorkshire Oaks	Maker’s Mark Filly & Mare Turf	Alpinista
UK	York	19-Aug	Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes	Turf Sprint	Highfield Princess
France	France Galop	21-Aug	Darley Prix Morny	Juvenile Turf Sprint	Blackbeard
USA	Del Mar	27-Aug	Pat O’Brien Stakes	Dirt Mile	Laurel River
USA	Saratoga	27-Aug	The Resorts World Casino Sword Dancer	Longines Turf	Gufo
USA	Saratoga	28-Aug	The Ballerina	Filly & Mare Sprint	Goodnight Olive
USA	Del Mar	3-Sep	Del Mar Handicap	Longines Turf	Gold Phoenix
USA	Del Mar	3-Sep	TVG Pacific Classic	Longines Classic	Flightline
USA	Saratoga	3-Sep	The Flower Bowl	Maker’s Mark Filly & Mare Turf	Virginia Joy
USA	Saratoga	3-Sep	Jockey Club Gold Cup	Longines Classic	Olympiad
USA	Del Mar	4-Sep	Green Flash H.	Turf Sprint	Lieutenant Dan
Ireland	Leopardstown	10-Sep	Irish Champion Stakes	Longines Turf	Luxembourg
Ireland	Leopardstown	10-Sep	Champion Juvenile Stakes	Juvenile Turf	Auguste Rodin
Ireland	Leopardstown	10-Sep	Coolmore America ‘Justify’ Matron Stakes	Maker’s Mark Filly & Mare Turf	Pearls Galore
USA	Kentucky Downs	10-Sep	Calumet Turf Cup	Longines Turf	Red Knight
USA	Kentucky Downs	10-Sep	FanDuel Turf Sprint	Turf Sprint	Bran
Ireland	Curragh	11-Sep	Moyglare Stud Stakes	Juvenile Fillies Turf	Tahiyra
Ireland	Curragh	11-Sep	Flying Five Stakes	Turf Sprint	Highfield Princess
Canada	Woodbine	17-Sep	Natalma Stakes	Juvenile Fillies Turf	Last Call
Canada	Woodbine	17-Sep	Pattison Summer Stakes	Juvenile Turf	Mysterious Night
Canada	Woodbine	17-Sep	Ricoh Woodbine Mile	FanDuel Mile	Modern Games
UK	Newmarket	23-Sep	Rockfel Stakes	Juvenile Fillies Turf	Commissioning
UK	Newmarket	24-Sep	Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes	Juvenile Turf	The Foxes
USA	Churchill Downs	1-Oct	Ack Ack H.	Dirt Mile
USA	Santa Anita	1-Oct	Awesome Again Stakes	Longines Classic
USA	Belmont Park	1-Oct	The Champagne	TVG Juvenile
USA	Belmont Park	1-Oct	Miss Grillo	Juvenile Fillies Turf
USA	Belmont Park	1-Oct	The Frizette	Juvenile Fillies
USA	Belmont Park	1-Oct	The Vosburgh	Qatar Racing Sprint
USA	Belmont Park	1-Oct	The Futurity	Juvenile Turf Sprint
USA	Santa Anita	2-Oct	Speakeasy Stakes	Juvenile Turf Sprint
France	France Galop	2-Oct	Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere	Juvenile Turf
France	France Galop	2-Oct	Prix de L’Abbaye de Longchamp Longines	Turf Sprint
France	France Galop	2-Oct	Qatar Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe	Longines Turf
France	France Galop	2-Oct	Prix de L’Opera Longines	Maker’s Mark Filly & Mare Turf
France	France Galop	2-Oct	Qatar Prix Marcel Boussac	Juvenile Fillies Turf
USA	Keeneland	7-Oct	Darley Alcibiades	Juvenile Fillies
USA	Keeneland	7-Oct	Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix	Qatar Racing Sprint
USA	Keeneland	7-Oct	Jessamine	Juvenile Fillies Turf
USA	Santa Anita	8-Oct	Rodeo Drive Stakes	Maker’s Mark Filly & Mare Turf
USA	Santa Anita	8-Oct	Chandelier Stakes	Juvenile Fillies
USA	Santa Anita	8-Oct	American Pharoah Stakes	TVG Juvenile
USA	Keeneland	8-Oct	Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity	TVG Juvenile
USA	Keeneland	8-Oct	Coolmore Turf Mile	FanDuel Mile
USA	Keeneland	8-Oct	Thoroughbred Club of America	Filly & Mare Sprint
USA	Keeneland	9-Oct	Indian Summer Stakes	Juvenile Turf Sprint
USA	Keeneland	9-Oct	Bourbon Stakes	Juvenile Turf
USA	Keeneland	9-Oct	Juddmonte Spinster	Longines Distaff
UK	Ascot	15-Oct	QIPCO Champion Stakes	Longines Turf
UK	Ascot	15-Oct	Queen Elizabeth II Stakes	FanDuel Mile
USA	Belmont Park	TBD	The Pilgrim	Juvenile Turf

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