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 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.
