First run in 1984, the Breeders' Cup Championship is the richest single day's racing in the world. The Breeders Cup venue alternates around a handful of the best tracks in North America and attracts significant crowds. The Breeders' Cup Classic is run over a mile and a quarter (2000m) on dirt - all North American dirt courses are flat and left-handed ovals and most tend to be about nine furlongs (1800m) around with one and a half furlongs (300m) home stretch. - Class: Grade 1
- Distance: Mile and a quarter / 10 furlongs / 2000 metres
- Surface: Dirt
- Age: 3yo and Upwards
- Weights Northern Hemisphere Bred
- 3yo 8st 9lbs - 55kgs - 121lbs
- 4yo and older 9st 0lbs - 57kgs - 125lbs
- Southern Hemisphere Bred
- 3yo 8st 4lbs - 53kgs - 116lbs
- 4yo and older 9st 0lbs - 57kgs - 125lbs
- All fillies & mares allowed 3lbs - 1.5kgs
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