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BREEDERS’ CUP CHALLENGE RACES AT ROYAL ASCOT
CHALLENGE RACES AT ROYAL ASCOT
Winners of the following races will earn automatic berths, travel and paid entry fees into the equivalent races at the 2022 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Keeneland:
• The Queen Anne Stakes • The King’s Stand Stakes • The Prince of Wales’s Stakes • The Norfolk Stakes
All four races will be televised live and streamed in the U.S. as part of NBC Sports Group’s live coverage of Royal Ascot. The Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series presented by America’s Best Racing consists of the best races from around the world and awards each winner an automatic and free entry into the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. It’s simple, they win and they’re in. In recent history, Queen Anne Stakes winners Barathea and Goldikova have gone on to win the Breeders’ Cup Mile while Prince of Wales’s Stakes winners Fantastic Light and Highland Reel went on to be successful in the Breeders’ Cup Turf.
The winner of the Group 2 Norfolk Stakes, for two-year-olds over five furlongs, will receive a free berth into the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint while the King’s Stand Stakes victor gains an automatic berth into the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, which will be run at 5 1/2 furlongs.
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THE BREEDERS’ CUP CHALLENGE WIN & YOU’RE IN PROGRAM
The Queen Anne, King’s Stand, Prince of Wales’s and Norfolk are part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge series and the winners will be awarded automatic Win and You’re In berths into the 2022 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Keeneland. The Win & You’re In global stakes program features graded or group stakes in 11 countries. All international starters receive a travel award of $40,000 upon starting in any Breeders’ Cup World Championship race. All Win & You’re In Challenge winners receive free entry fees and an automatic selection to the Championships. You can’t win if you’re not in!
THE BREEDERS’ CUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS November 4-5, 2022
The 2022 Breeders’ Cup World Championships will be hosted by Keeneland in Lexington, KY. Participants in the Breeders’ Cup World Championships are treated to an amazing weekend filled with world-class hospitality, entertainment, and equally incredible racing offering over $31 million in purses and awards, with seven turf races worth $12 million.
This year-end event has established itself as thoroughbred racing’s greatest achievement. The Breeders’ Cup World Championships brings the best of the best to compete on racing’s biggest stage. Held each fall and hosted by premier racetracks in North America, this two-day extravaganza crowns Champions in every division and is truly a race fan’s dream come true.
