The 2024 Breeders’ Cup wagering menu is here along with the broadcast coverage schedule and post times for the championship event 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.
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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.
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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.
Future Stars Friday
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, the $2 million Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1), which will have a post time of 12 p.m. PT / 3 p.m. ET.
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.
Check out the televisions schedule and the 2024 Breeders’ Cup wagering menu below.
2024 Breeders’ Cup Wagering Menu
2024 BREEDERS’ CUP POST TIMES AND WAGERING MENU | |||||||||||
Friday, November 1 | |||||||||||
Race Number | Post Time (PT) | Race Name | Wagering Options | ||||||||
Race 1 | 11:35 AM | Ocean View | WPS | EX | TRI | SUPER | Pick 3 | DD |
| Pick 5 | SH-5 |
Race 2 | 12:10 PM | Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Stakes | WPS | EX | TRI | SUPER | Pick 3 | DD |
| Pick 4 | SH-5 |
Race 3 | 12:45 PM | Golden State Juvenile Fillies Stakes | WPS | EX | TRI | SUPER | Pick 3 | DD |
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| SH-5 |
Race 4 | 1:25 PM | Senator Ken Maddy Stakes | WPS | EX | TRI | SUPER | Pick 3 | DD |
| Pick 4 | SH-5 |
Race 5 | 2:05 PM | Golden State Juvenile Stakes | WPS | EX | TRI | SUPER | Pick 3 | DD |
| Pick 6 | SH-5 |
Race 6 | 2:45 PM | Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1) | WPS | EX | TRI | SUPER | Pick 3 & $3 All-Turf Pick 3 | DD |
| Pick 5 | SH-5 |
Race 7 | 3:25 PM | NetJets Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Filles (G1) | WPS | EX | TRI | SUPER | Pick 3 | DD | SPDD | Pick 4 | SH-5 |
Race 8 | 4:05 PM | John Deere Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) | WPS | EX | TRI | SUPER | Pick 3 | DD |
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| SH-5 |
Race 9 | 4:45 PM | FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) | WPS | EX | TRI | SUPER |
| DD | SPDD |
| SH-5 |
Race 10 | 5:25 PM | Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) | WPS | EX | TRI | SUPER |
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Saturday, November 2 | |||||||||||
Race Number | Post Time (PT) | Race Name | Wagering Options | ||||||||
Race 1 | 10:05 AM | The Sunrise | WPS | EX | TRI | SUPER | Pick 3 | DD |
| Pick 5 | SH-5 |
Race 2 | 10:40 AM | Bayakoa Stakes (G3) | WPS | EX | TRI | SUPER | Pick 3 | DD |
| Pick 4 | SH-5 |
Race 3 | 11:15 AM | Goldikova Stakes Presented by Yaamava’ Resort & Casino | WPS | EX | TRI | SUPER | Pick 3 | DD |
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| SH-5 |
Race 4 | 12:00 PM | Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) | WPS | EX | TRI | SUPER | Pick 3 | DD |
| Pick 5 | SH-5 |
Race 5 | 12:41 PM | Prevagen Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) | WPS | EX | TRI | SUPER | Pick 3 | DD |
| Pick 4 & AT-Pick 4 | SH-5 |
Race 6 | 1:21 PM | Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) | WPS | EX | TRI | SUPER | Pick 3 | DD | SPDD | Pick 4 & AD-Pick 4 | SH-5 |
Race 7 | 2:01 PM | Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) | WPS | EX | TRI | SUPER | Pick 3 | DD |
| Pick 4 & Pick 6 | SH-5 |
Race 8 | 2:41 PM | Longines BC Classic (G1) | WPS | EX | TRI | SUPER | Pick 3 | DD |
| Pick 5 | SH-5 |
Race 9 | 3:25 PM | Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf | WPS | EX | TRI | SUPER | Pick 3 | DD |
| Pick 4 | SH-5 |
Race 10 | 4:05 PM | PNC Bank Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) | WPS | EX | TRI | SUPER | Pick 3 | DD |
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| SH-5 |
Race 11 | 4:45 PM | FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) | WPS | EX | TRI | SUPER |
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| SH-5 |
Race 12 | 5:25 PM | Cygames Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) | WPS | EX | TRI | SUPER |
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Wagering Notes
Special Daily Doubles (SPDD) on Friday consist of leg one on Friday and leg two on Saturday.
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