Usa Holidays - Event

The Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships, at Monmouth Park Racetrack in New Jersey, is one of the biggest horse-racing days in the world and with US$14 million on offer in purses and awards, it's also the richest.

The culmination of the racing season and largely determining the sport's year-end champions, the Breeders' Cup races were first run in 1984 and have since become the biggest day of international racing in the States. National pride is at stake as top thoroughbred horses from all over the world compete in a variety of different classes. Aside from the Classic, the other races are the Juvenile and the Juvenile Fillies, the Sprint, the Mile, the Turf, the Distaff and the Filly & Mare Turf for females aged three and above.

Unusually for horse racing, the championship is a mobile event, touring America's top racecourses. From its debut in the glitzy Hollywood Park, the day has provided the racing world with exceptional excitement and enduring memories. Chief among these is arguably the great Cigar ending his perfect 1995 season with a stunning victory in the Breeders' Cup.