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was the 23rd edition of the premier event of the North
American thoroughbred horse racing year. It took place on November 4 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The Breeders' Cup is generally regarded as the end of the North America racing season, although a few Grade I events take place in
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Breeders' Cup increased from $ 14 million to $ 20 million. The Classic, Turf, Filly and Mare Turf, Sprint, and Juvenile Fillies all had their purses increased by $ 1 million. The Mile and Juvenile had their purse increased by $ 500,000. The purse
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With so many longshots winning, the Pick 6 (which excluded the two
Juvenile races) paid nearly $ 1.5 million. The attendance was 75,132, third highest in the history of the event. The parimutuel handle was $ 136,726,378 (common pool), including $ 18,259,971 bet on track, both records.
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863:"Street Sense Jogs Mile Day After Winning Kentucky Derby"
726:"Invasor Conquers Bernardini in Breeders' Cup Classic"
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297:2-year-old
232:2-year-old
190:Conditions
160:Thor's Echo
86:Ouija Board
1534:Categories
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629:References
527:John Deere
494:Round Pond
454:4 lengths
420:4 lengths
401:6 furlongs
181:Race name
148:. Favored
130:Round Pond
126:euthanized
59:Bernardini
51:See also:
1424:2007–2011
1313:1984–2004
1159:Dirt Mile
751:"Invasor"
619:1 length
554:Red Rocks
142:Red Rocks
1509:Trophies
1268:Marathon
1171:Juvenile
947:Equibase
571:lengths
514:lengths
383:lengths
303:geldings
271:Juvenile
184:Sponsor
75:Lava Man
1111:Distaff
1009:Classic
611:Invasor
604:3 yrs+
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403:- dirt
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263:lengths
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234:fillies
224:⁄
202:Margin
196:Winner
174:Summary
135:Barbaro
97:⁄
79:Invasor
67:Travers
47:Results
27:Lead-up
1231:Sprint
613:(ARG)
559:10.80
556:(IRE)
498:13.90
451:24.30
417:15.60
390:Sprint
315:15.20
301:&
193:Purse
1307:Years
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1260:top 3
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1002:Races
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584:Dodge
367:1.40
364:(GB)
353:Mares
299:colts
246:2.60
199:Odds
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1478:2022
1473:2021
1468:2020
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