Breeders' Cup Futures
The Breeders' Cup Futures Bet is a special wager that challenges fans to select in advance the winners of the annual Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships races.
The Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships is an annual series of thoroughbred horse races created as a year-end championship for North American thoroughbreds. In addition to American and Canadian horses, it also attracts top horses from other parts of the world, especially Europe. The Breeders' Cup Championships is sponsored by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) and held on a single day at a predetermined site, usually in the United States or Canada.
Currently, there are eight races on the Breeders' Cup card, all classified as Grade I races. The order of the first five listed races varies from year to year, but the 'Juvenile', 'Turf', and 'Classic' are traditionally the last three races. All races, unless otherwise indicated, are for any horse, regardless of sex, 3 years old and up, and are held on a dirt track.
Breeders' Cup Futures wagering is regularly offered on these eight races:
- Breeders' Cup Distaff
- Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies
- Breeders' Cup Mile
- Breeders' Cup Sprint
- Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf
- Breeders' Cup Juvenile
- Breeders' Cup Turf
- Breeders' Cup Classic
Breeders' Cup Future wagers have the benefit of giving added exposure to the nation's top horses throughout the weeks leading up to the highly anticipated Championship day.
Under Breeders' Cup Future Bet rules, each race will offer an individual pari-mutuel pool on 23 runners plus one field entry. Betting will be held on three or four weekends in the months prior to the Breeders' Cup. All betting will be win-only with a minimum wager amount of $2.00. At the conclusion of each weekend's wagering, odds for all entries become final for bets placed that particular weekend.
The Breeders' Cup has been held each year since 1984. Listed below are the venues where it has been held and where future ones will be held.
| Hollywood Park 1984 | Gulfstream Park 1992 | Churchill Downs 2000 |
| Aqueduct 1985 | Santa Anita Park 1993 | Belmont Park 2001 |
| Santa Anita Park 1986 | Churchill Downs 1994 | Arlington Park 2002 |
| Hollywood Park 1987 | Belmont Park 1995 | Santa Anita Park 2003 |
| Churchill Downs 1988 | Woodbine 1996 | Lone Star Park 2004 |
| Gulfstream Park 1989 | Hollywood Park 1997 | Belmont Park 2005 |
| Belmont Park 1990 | Churchill Downs 1998 | Churchill Downs 2006 |
| Churchill Downs 1991 | Gulfstream Park 1999 | Monmouth Park 2007 |
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Race Track List
- Alameda Fair
- Aqueduct
- Arlington Park
- Balmoral Park
- Bay Meadows
- Belmont Park
- Beulah Park
- Big Fresno Fair
- Breeders' Cup
- Breeders' Cup Futures
- Cal Expo
- Calder Race Course
- Charles Town Races
- Churchill Downs
- Del Mar
- Delaware Park
- Delta Downs
- Dover Downs Raceway
- Downs at Albuquerque
- Ellis Park
- Emerald Downs
- Evangeline Downs
- Fairplex Park
- Ferndale
- Finger Lakes
- Fort Erie
- Golden Gate Fields
- Great Lakes Downs
- Gulfstream Park
- Harrington Raceway
- Hastings Racecourse
- Hawthorne Race Course
- Hazel Park
- Hollywood Park
- Hoosier Park
- Indiana Downs
- Keeneland
- Laurel Park
- Lone Star Park
- Louisiana Downs
- Maywood Park
- Meadowlands
- Mohawk
- Monmouth Park
- Monticello Raceway
- Mountaineer Race Track
- Northfield Park
- Oaklawn Park
- Penn National
- Philadelphia Park
- Pimlico Race Course
- Plainridge Racecourse
- Pocono Downs
- Pompano Park
- Prairie Meadows
- Remington Park
- Retama Park
- River Downs
- Rockingham Park
- Sam Houston Race Park
- San Mateo County Fair
- Santa Anita Park
- Saratoga
- Scioto Downs
- Sonoma Country Fair
- Suburban Downs
- Suffolk Downs
- The Meadows
- The Red Mile
- Thistledown
- Timonium Race Course
- Turf Paradise
- Turfway Park
- Woodbine Race Track
- Yavapai Downs
- Yonkers Raceway