Tue Oct 16 17:35:35 2007

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Breeders' Cup race order and post-times set

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New York, NY (Sports Network) - The race order and post-times for the 24th Breeders' Cup World Championships, scheduled for Friday, October 26 and Saturday, October 27 at Monmouth Park, have been announced.

The first ever two-day extravaganza of the annual event will commence on Friday of next week with the running of the $1 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint at 4:25 p.m. (et).

Set for 5 p.m. is the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf race for two- year-olds. The first day will conclude with the $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile with a post-time of 5:35 p.m. Due to the configuration of Monmouth Park the Dirt Mile will be run at the distance of one-mile and 70 yards.

The Saturday schedule for the Breeders' Cup is unchanged from recent years with minor post-time adjustments.

The $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies will have a post-time of 12:30 p.m. Approximately every 40 minutes another race will go off.

Here are the remaining Breeders' Cup races as scheduled: $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile, 1:10 p.m.; $2 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf, 1:55 p.m.; $2 million Breeders' Cup Sprint, 2:35 p.m.; $2 million Breeders' Cup Mile, 3:20 p.m.; $2 million Breeders' Cup Distaff, 4:05 p.m.; $3 million Breeders' Cup Turf, 4:50 p.m. and $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic, 5:35 p.m.