The Breeders’ Cup, horse racing’s final major event of the year, is set to begin Friday, Nov. 4 with the Juvenile Turf Sprint and continue into Saturday. The event includes 14 races, including nine on Saturday leading up to the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
After the races were held in California last year, the 2022 Breeders’ Cup will be held at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky.
The 14 races will award a total of $31 million in prize money, headlined by the $6 million available in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. The Longines Turf, which starts one hour before the Classic, will have the second-largest purse at $4 million.
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Here’s all you need to know about the 2022 Breeders’ Cup, including how to watch, odds, and a full schedule.
When is the Breeders’ Cup Classic?
- Date: Saturday, Nov. 5
- Post time: 5:40 p.m. ET
Championship Saturday begins on Saturday, Nov. 5. There will be a total of 9 races on Saturday with the first race of the day, the Filly & Mare Sprint, starting at 11:50 a.m. ET.
All of the races lead up to the final race at 5:40 p.m. ET, known as the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic.
How to watch the Breeders’ Cup
- TV channels: NBC, USA Network
- Live stream: NBCSports.com, Peacock, fuboTV
Coverage begins Friday on USA Network from 2 p.m. ET to 6 p.m. ET.
Coverage on Saturday begins at 1 p.m. ET and runs through 3:30 p.m. ET on USA Network. Then, starting at 3:30 p.m. ET, NBC will take over the coverage for the final races of the day. NBC’s streaming service, Peacock, will also begin coverage at 3:30 p.m. ET.
USA and NBA can also be streamed on fuboTV, which offers a 7-day free trial.
Breeders’ Cup purse
This year’s Breeders’ Cup has a $31 million purse for the races held on Friday and Saturday. The winner of the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday evening will take home the biggest grand prize of $6 million.
Five races on Friday and nine races on Saturday give out prize money. All 14 races offer at least $1 million in prize money.
Breeders’ Cup Classic post positions and odds
Flightline is the clear early favorite for the Breeders’ Cup Classic with 3-5 odds.
Epicenter (5-1), Life Is Good (6-1), and Taiba (8-1) have the best odds behind Flightline. Rich Strike, which won the Kentucky Derby in May with 80-1 odds, has fairly distant odds at 20-1. Here are the full odds for the horses racing in the Longines Classic.
| Post Position | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | Odds |
| 1 | Taiba | Bob Baffert | Mike Smith | 8-1 |
| 2 | Life Is Good | Todd Pletcher | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 6-1 |
| 3 | Happy Saver | Todd Pletcher | John Velazquez | 30-1 |
| 4 | Flightline | John Salder | Flavien Prat | 3-5 |
| 5 | Hot Rod Charlie | Doug O’Neill | Tyler Gaffalione | 15-1 |
| 6 | Epicenter | Steve Asmussen | Joel Rosario | 5-1 |
| 7 | Olympiad | Bill Mott | Junior Alvarado | 10-1 |
| 8 | Rich Strike | Eric Reid | Sonny Leon | 20-1 |
Breeders’ Cup schedule 2022
Friday, Nov. 4
| Race | Time (ET) | Distance | Prize Money |
| Juvenile Turf Sprint | 3:00 p.m. | 5 Furlongs | $1 million |
| Netjets Juvenile Fillies | 3:40 p.m. | 1 1/16 miles | $2 million |
| Juveniles Fillies Turf | 4:20 p.m. | 1 mile | $1 million |
| TVG Juvenile Presented by TAA | 5:00 p.m. | 1 1/16 miles | $2 million |
| Juvenile Turf | 5:40 p.m. | 1 mile | $1 million |
Saturday, Nov. 5
| Race | Time (ET) | Distance | Prize Money |
| Filly & Mare Sprint | 11:50 p.m. | 7 Furlongs | $1 million |
| Turf Sprint | 12:29 p.m. | 5 1/2 furlongs | $1 million |
| Dirt Mile | 1:10 p.m. | 1 mile | $2 million |
| Filly & Mare Turf | 1:50 p.m. | 1 3/16 miles | $2 million |
| Sprint | 2:30 p.m. | 6 Furlongs | $2 million |
| Fanduel Mile | 3:10 p.m. | 1 mile | $2 million |
| Longines Distaff | 3:55 p.m. | 1 1/8 miles | $2 million |
| Longines Turf | 4:40 p.m. | 1 1/2 miles | $4 million |
| Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic | 5:40 p.m. | 1 1/4 miles | $6 million |
