Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Classic telecast on the NBC was seen by 2.08 million viewers, according to published reports. The one-hour prime-time network telecast from 8-9 p.m. ET attracted 2.08 million viewers, earning a 0.3 rating and 2 share from The Nielsen Company. The rating was up from a 0.1 rating in 2018 when the Classic […]
Continue readingAll-sources handle for the 10-race program of the first day of the 36th Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., was $56,517,228, a record for Breeders’ Cup Friday and a 5.4% increase over last year’s 10-race Breeders’ Cup Future Stars Friday card at Churchill Downs. The Future Stars Friday card featured […]
Continue readingKeep up with the latest news and storylines at this year’s Thoroughbred racing World Championships with the Breeders’ Cup News Minute. In today’s edition, learn more about the new Head2Head wagering matchups. Plus, Scott Jagow and Ray Paulick share the storybook tale behind one of the Classic contenders and the trainer who said his dream […]
Continue readingThe week left to go before the 35th running of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Churchill Downs will surely go by fast. The question on this edition of The Friday Show is what’s the best approach for using that time wisely for two of the best betting days of the year? Scott Jagow and […]
Continue readingThe Breeders’ Cup announced today the official order of races, and guaranteed multi-race wagering pools for the 2018 Breeders’ Cup World Championships on Friday, November 2 and Saturday, November 3 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. There will be a total of 10 races (five Breeders’ Cup races) on the first day of the Championships […]
Continue readingThe Breeders’ Cup, in conjunction with Churchill Downs, announced today the introduction of future wagering on this year’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Breeders’ Cup Future Wagers will be conducted in three pools beginning with Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) and Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) wagering opening on Friday, Aug. 24 at 12 p.m. ET. The Classic Future wager pool […]
Continue readingGun Runner’s thrilling victory in the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic capped a picture-perfect day at the Del Mar racetrack, the first-time host of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Racing fans responded to the full fields of the world’s fastest horses with their support at the betting windows, as the two-day wagering totals for the event […]
Continue readingAs the totalisator system for the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club – host of this year’s Breeders’ Cup Championships – AmTote International seamlessly processed more than 5.6 million individual transactions on a day when $52,273,883 was wagered on a 10-race card. The day, however, could have been a disaster were it not for a multi-tiered backup […]
Continue readingAll-sources handle for the Friday Breeders’ Cup program was $52,273,883, a 5.3 percent increase from 2016, on the first day of the 34th Breeders’ Cup World Championships Friday at the iconic Del Mar racetrack, a first-time host for the event. The total handle for championship Friday was the highest since 2013. Friday’s on-track handle was […]
Continue readingThe Breeders’ Cup announced today the official order of races, and guaranteed multi-race wagering pools for the 2017 Breeders’ Cup World Championships on Friday, November 3 and Saturday, November 4 at the Del Mar racetrack in Del Mar, Calif. There will be a total of 10 races (four Breeders’ Cup races) on the Championship Friday […]
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