2023 Breeders' Cup Betting
The Breeders’ Cup will return to the West Coast in 2023. Santa Anita Park will host the event for a record 11th time, compared to Churchill Downs which has hosted the Breeders’ Cup nine times since it was founded in 1984. As has become typical for this event, it will take place on the first weekend of November with the festivities taking place on November 3-4, 2023.
2023 Breeders' Cup Betting Schedule
| RACE |
AGE, SEX |
DISTANCE |
PURSE |
| FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3 |
| Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint |
2yo, C&G, Fillies |
5 1/2 Furlongs (T) |
$1,000,000 |
| Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) |
2yo, Fillies |
1 Mile (T) |
$1,000,000 |
| Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) |
2yo, Fillies |
1 1/16 Miles |
$2,000,000 |
| Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) |
2yo, C&G |
1 Mile (T) |
$1,000,000 |
| Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) |
2yo, C&G |
1 1/16 Miles |
$2,000,000 |
| SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4 |
| Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) |
3yo & Up, F&M |
7 Furlongs |
$1,000,000 |
| Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1) |
3yo & Up |
5 Furlongs (T) |
$1,000,000 |
| Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) |
3yo & Up |
1 Mile |
$1,000,000 |
| Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) |
3yo & Up, F&M |
1 1/4 Miles (T) |
$2,000,000 |
| TwinSpires Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) |
3yo & Up |
6 Furlongs |
$2,000,000 |
| Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) |
3yo & Up |
1 Mile (T) |
$2,000,000 |
| Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) |
3yo & Up, F&M |
1 1/8 Miles |
$2,000,000 |
| Longines Breeders' Cup Turf (G1) |
3yo & Up |
1 1/2 Miles (T) |
$4,000,000 |
| Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) |
3yo & Up |
1 1/4 Miles |
$6,000,000 |
The Breeders' Cup continues to grow and add races to its repertoire on an annual basis. This event was once just four races, but it has grown to include as many as 14 races over two full days of racing in any given year. The 2023 Breeders’ Cup will feature 14 races, five of which are held on Friday, and the remaining nine of which will encompass the best day of racing of the year on Saturday.
It’s a great two days as the first day features two-year-old horses that will be competing for the Triple Crown the following year. This will be the first time that these horses are seen by millions, and fortunes will be won or lost. The second day will feature the best of the best, although some owners are reticent to run their horses and risk injury if they already won a Triple Crown event.
Most Breeders’ Cup Wins by Jockey
| JOCKEY |
VICTORIES |
| Mike Smith |
26 |
| John R. Velazquez |
18 |
| Jerry Bailey |
15 |
| Frankie Dettori |
14 |
| Garrett K. Gomez |
13 |
Unlike other horse racing records that are largely dominated by the old guard, the Breeders’ Cup records are all held by relative newcomers since these events are still somewhat new. Mike Smith has been the king of the Breeders’ Cup for the jockeys, winning an absurd 26 titles during his distinguished career. John Velazquez is the second-most successful jockey in the event’s history, and he rode two more horses to Breeders’ Cup wins in 2020.
Most Breeders’ Cup Wins by Trainer
| TRAINER |
VICTORIES |
| D. Wayne Lukas |
20 |
| Bob Baffert and Chad Brown |
17 |
| Aidan O’Brien |
16 |
| William Mott and Todd Pletcher |
13 |
| Richard Mandella and Shug McGaughey |
11 |
D. Wayne Lukas has been one of the most successful horse racing trainers of the modern era. Lukas’ horses have claimed first place three more times than rival Bob Baffert, but Baffert had two horses win Breeders’ Cup races in 2020. Baffert has been the trainer of two Triple Crown winners in the last decade though, and he is looking to surpass Lukas in this category too. Baffert is 68 years old, but he is still going strong. He can boast that he produced the two most recent Triple Crown winners in American Pharoah and Justify, and that has led to his star rising once more.
There’s a very good chance that Aidan O’Brien ends up as the winningest trainer in Breeders’ Cup history at some point. O’Brien only recently turned 50, and his horses have dominated the Turf races at this event. Three of his horses won turf events at the 2022 Breeders’ Cup, so he must be respected.
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