2021 Breeders’ Cup Pre-Entries

Breeders’ Cup World Championships Pre-Entries

Updated: 10/27/2021

For 2021, the Breeders’ Cup World Championships return to Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. Pre-entries closed at noon on October 25 for all the races and were announced at 11:00am ET on October 27 with a total of 196 horses pre-entered. Final entries will close at 10am ET and the post position will be drawn at 5pm on Monday November 1 in the paddock at Del Mar. Below are links to all the horses pre-entered in each race along with lots of information.

The 38th Breeders’ Cup will have a total of 14 Championship races (thirteen Grade 1 with the Juvenile Turf Sprint as the lone Grade 2) spread over two days of racing with $30 million in purse money on the line. Friday November 5th is billed as “Future Stars Friday” featuring all 5 Championship races for juveniles on the same card, starting with the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G2) and highlighted by the $2 million TVG Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1). Saturday November 6th will have nine Grade 1 races for older horses headlined by the $6 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at 1 1/4 miles. The Championships will be held at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in San Diego County, California, for a second time, the first in 2017.

The Breeders’ Cup will be televised on NBC and NBC Sports with the schedule shown below. All times are Eastern.
     Friday, November 6, 5:00-9:00pm – Future Stars Friday on NBC Sports
     Saturday, November 7, 2:30-8:00 – Championship Saturday on NBC Sports
     Saturday, November 7, 8:00-9:00pm – Classic on NBC

Below is the list of races with conditions, purses, and post times for both days. Click the race names to get links for info specific to that race including a list of the the pre-entries with link to a profile for each horse with lots more info. Jockey assignments are based on who has been riding them but won’t be finalized until the entries are drawn so may change.

More on the Breeders’ Cup:

• Breeders’ Cup Weather – Check out the latest weather forecasts for the Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar
• Breeders’ Cup Hits and Near Misses – Who has won multiple times or just missed a second win plus winners who are parents of winners.
• Breeders’ Cup Field Selection Rules – how they decide who gets in if a Championship race is oversubscribed at pre-entry time.
• 2020 Breeders’ Cup Saturday Results – The feature race was the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic won by Authentic. Get the results, charts, and photos for all 9 races here.
• 2020 Breeders’ Cup Friday Results – Friday was headlined by the $2 million Juvenile won by Essential Quality. Get the results, charts, and photos for all 5 races here.
• Satellite photo of Del Mar from Google Maps
• The Breeders’ Cup Championship Day – The official page for the Breeders’ Cup championship races. Just about anything you need to know about it: results, video clips, and race calls for past years, and eventually nominations, entries, and results.
• Free Prep Replays – for major prep races in the Breeders’ Cup Challenge. The ones with camera logos have video available.
• Breeders’ Cup Challenge – all the win and you’re in races with results.
• Points Standings – from the Breeders’ Cup
• Breeders’ Cup Postcards – Breeders’ Cup theme virtual postcards to send your friends including many past winners
• Breeders’ Cup Supplemental Entries – The old official policy on supplemental entries plus all the supplemental entries and how they fared, mostly it was a losing proposition. There are no more supplements now, only late nominations making it impossible to track since the change.
• America’s Best Racing Breeders’ Cup Special – News, lifestyle, and more
• Blood Horse Breeders’ Cup Special – Entries, news, history and more
• Daily Racing Form coverage – Full coverage with lots of news, stats, and other info. Also news for each division is available here.
• A History of Dosage in the Breeders’ Cup – from Chef-de-Race.com including dosage and pedigree info.
• European News – the latest on the Euro Entries from Sporting Life
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