Breeders Cup Challenge Schedule USA & Canada

Daily Racing News
by Jack McKinney

Posted on June 15, 2011

Breeders Cup Challenge “win and you’re in” for 2011 has already begun with Tizway winning the Metropolitan Mile (Met Mile) on May 30^th at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Tizway is on his way to the Breeders Cup November 4^th and 5^th at Churchill Downs and will be running in the Breeders Cup Dirt Mile after his “win and you’re in” qualification for the Met Mile.

Since it is hard enough to follow the 2yo and 3yo schedule for the United States and Canada tracks I thought I would share a Breeder’s Cup Challenge schedule featuring only the North American races. It’s not that I don’t care about the other races, for me it’s simply on focusing on a manageable group of horses, races and tracks and tracks.

The Breeder’s Cup makes its second consecutive appearance at Churchill Downs after being at Santa Anita Park for 2008 and 2009. I personally think that both tracks do a great job, as do many tracks across the country and the only concern will be the live television coverage; which if you just watched the Triple Crown was terrible! We want to see more than one race televised LIVE for events as big as the Triple Crown and Breeders Cup; hopefully the network big wigs will figure this out one day on the golf course or getting their massages because they sure aren’t working!

I will be following all of the Breeders Cup Challenge races across the United States and Canada through the Breeders Cup on November 4^th and 5^th and below is the complete list of races to follow.

Breeders Cup Challenge USA & Canada Schedule:

Date	Track	Race	Gr.	Distance	Age	Division	Area
5/30/2011	Bel	Metropolitan H.	I	1 M	3yoUP	Dirt Mile	New York
7/2/2011	Mth	United Nations S.	I	1 3/8 M (T)	3yoUP	Turf	New Jersey
7/2/2011	Hol	Shoemaker Mile	I	1 M (T)	3yoUP	Mile	California
7/9/2011	Crc	Smile Sprint H.	II	6 F	3yoUP	Sprint	Florida
7/9/2011	Hol	Hollywood Gold Cup	I	1 1/4 Ms (AWT)	3yoUP	Classic	California
7/16/2011	Del	Delaware H.	II	1 1/4 Ms	3yoUP	Ladies Classic	Delaware
7/16/2011	Hol	A Gleam Invit. H.	II	7 F (AWT)	3yoUP	F & M Sprint	California
7/16/2011	Prx	Greenwood Cup H.		1 1/2 Ms	3yoUP	Marathon	Pennsylvania
7/29/2011	Dmr	Cougar II H.	III	1 1/2 Ms (AWT)	3yoUP	Marathon	California
7/30/2011	Dmr	San Diego H.	II	1 1/16 Ms (AWT)	3yoUP	Dirt Mile	California
7/31/2011	Sar	Ruffian H.	I	1 1/8 Ms	3yoUP	Ladies Classic	New York
7/31/2011	Mth	Haskell Invit. H.	I	1 1/8 Ms	3 YO	Classic	New Jersey
8/6/2011	Sar	Whitney H.	I	1 1/8 Ms	3yoUP	Classic	New York
8/6/2011	Dmr	Clement L. Hirsch H.	I	1 1/16 Ms	3yoUP	Ladies Classic	California
8/13/2011	AP	Beverly D. S.	I	1 3/16 Ms (T)	3yoUP	F & M Turf	Illinois
8/13/2011	AP	Arlington Million	I	1 1/4 Ms (T)	3yoUP	Turf	Illinois
8/27/2011	Sar	Ballerina S.	I	7 F	3yoUP	F & M Sprint	New York
8/28/2011	Dmr	Del Mar H.	II	1 3/8 M (T)	3yoUP	Turf	California
8/28/2011	Dmr	TVG Pacific Classic	I	1 1/4 Ms (AWT)	3yoUP	Classic	California
9/2/2011	Sar	With Anticipation S.	II	1 1/16 Ms (T)	2 YO	Juvenile Turf	New York
9/3/2011	Prx	Turf Monster H.	III	5 F (T)	3yoUP	Turf Sprint	Pennsylvania
9/5/2011	Sar	Three Chimneys Hopeful S.	I	7 F	2 YO	Juvenile	New York
9/7/2011	Dmr	Del Mar Futurity	I	7 F (AWT)	2 YO	Juvenile	California
9/17/2011	WO	Natalma S.	IIIC	1 M (T)	2 YO	Juvenile F Turf	Ontario
9/17/2011	WO	Summer S. presented by TVG	IIIC	1 M (T)	2 YO	Juvenile Turf	Ontario
9/18/2011	WO	Ricoh Woodbine Mile	IC	1 M (T)	3yoUP	Mile	Ontario
10/1/2011	Bel	Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invit.	I	1 1/2 Ms (T)	3yoUP	Turf	New York
10/1/2011	Bel	Vosburgh Invit. S.	I	6 F	3yoUP	Sprint	New York
10/1/2011	SA	Lady’s Secret S.	I	1 1/16 Ms	3yoUP	Ladies Classic	California
10/1/2011	Bel	Flower Bowl Invit. S.	I	1 1/4 Ms (T)	3yoUP	F & M Turf	New York
10/1/2011	Bel	Jockey Club Gold Cup Invit.	I	1 1/4 Ms	3yoUP	Classic	New York
10/1/2011	SA	Goodwood H.	I	1 1/8 Ms	3yoUP	Classic	California
10/1/2011	Bel	Kelso H.	II	1 M	3yoUP	Dirt Mile	New York
10/1/2011	SA	Norfolk S.	I	1 1/16 Ms	2 YO	Juvenile	California
10/1/2011	Bel	Beldame S. Invit.	I	1 1/8 Ms	3yoUP	Ladies Classic	New York
10/1/2011	SA	Yellow Ribbon S.	I	1 1/4 Ms (T)	3yoUP	F & M Turf	California
10/2/2011	SA	Oak Leaf S.	I	1 1/16 Ms (AWT)	2 YO	Juvenile F	California
10/7/2011	Kee	Phoenix S.	III	6 F	3yoUP	Sprint	Kentucky
10/7/2011	Kee	Darley Alcibiades S.	I	1 1/16 Ms (AWT)	2 YO	Juvenile F	Kentucky
10/8/2011	Bel	Frizette S.	I	1 M	2 YO	Juvenile F	New York
10/8/2011	Kee	Dixiana Breeders’ Futurity	I	1 1/16 Ms (AWT)	2 YO	Juvenile	Kentucky
10/8/2011	Kee	Shadwell Turf Mile S.	I	1 M (T)	3yoUP	Mile	Kentucky
10/8/2011	SA	Ancient Title S.	I	6 F	3yoUP	Sprint	California
10/8/2011	Bel	Champagne S.	I	1 M	2 YO	Juvenile	New York
10/8/2011	Kee	Thoroughbred Club of America S.	II	6 F (AWT)	3yoUP	F & M Sprint	Kentucky
10/9/2011	Kee	Juddmonte Spinster S.	I	1 1/8 Ms (AWT)	3yoUP	Ladies Classic	Kentucky
10/13/2011	Kee	J. P. Morgan Chase Jessamine S.	III	1 1/16 Ms (T)	2 YO	Juvenile F Turf	Kentucky
10/16/2011	WO	E.P. Taylor S.	IC	1 1/4 Ms (T)	3yoUP	F & M Turf	Ontario
10/16/2011	WO	Pattison Canadian International S.	IC	1 1/2 Ms (T)	3yoUP	Turf	Ontario
10/16/2011	WO	Nearctic S.	IC	6 F (T)	3yoUP	Turf Sprint	Ontario

Cheers,

Jack

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